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Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.
— Leon Panetta
I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.
— Leon Panetta
My father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.
— Leon Panetta
Russians understand strength, and if they feel that their opponents are weak, they will take advantage of it.
— Leon Panetta
My whole life has been dedicated to public service.
— Leon Panetta
I'm not big on commissions.
— Leon Panetta
I don't engage in hypotheticals.
— Leon Panetta
I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
— Leon Panetta
You know, as director of the CIA, I got an awful lot of intelligence about all the horrible things that could go on across the world.
— Leon Panetta
Caution is an important quality in a leader, but it has to be caution followed by decision. Caution followed by ambivalence can be a weakness.
— Leon Panetta
I believe Leon Panetta genuinely placed America's well-being first and foremost. I never took his politics personally.
— Gary J. Byrne
The Taliban is resilient.
— Leon Panetta
If we don't do something to simplify the tax system, we're going to end up with a national police force of internal revenue agents.
— Leon Panetta
Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.
— Leon Panetta
In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.
— Leon Panetta
Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.
— Leon Panetta
Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.
— Leon Panetta
An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.
— Leon Panetta
Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the U.S. military stands for.
— Leon Panetta
Clearly, Russia has lied to the world about what's going on in Ukraine. They have clearly violated the cease-fire agreements.
— Leon Panetta
The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.
— Leon Panetta
If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.
— Leon Panetta
I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.
— Leon Panetta
I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.
— Leon Panetta
When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.
— Leon Panetta
These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.
— Leon Panetta
I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.
— Leon Panetta
The political and substantive reality is that the agenda has to change. I don't think they have any choice.
— Leon Panetta
When you're smaller and leaner, you're not going to have that large a presence throughout the world.
— Leon Panetta
The United States has to be a leader in the world, because the problem is: If we are not leading, nobody else will.
— Leon Panetta
The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.
— Leon Panetta
Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.
— Leon Panetta
I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.
— Leon Panetta
Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.
— Leon Panetta