Top 59 Quotes by Leon Panetta

You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.

I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.

Unfortunately these days, there is a hell of a lot that keeps me awake.

Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.

She is smart. She is principled. She is tough, and she is ready. Hillary is the single most experienced and prepared person who has ever run for president.

It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.

When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.

Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for.

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

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