Top 59 Quotes by Leon Panetta

I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There is no middle ground.

When the president went around the table to the country's national security leadership, Hillary was clear: We have to go get bin Laden. And our Special Operations Forces did just that.

These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.

The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

The Taliban is resilient.

The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces.

There's no question that the main location of Al Qaida is in tribal areas of Pakistan.