I will always be an advocate in terms of wars of necessity. I am just much more cautious on wars of choice. Robert M. Gates advocatecautiouschoice Change image and share on social
Well, Israel, obviously, thinks of the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel. Robert M. Gates existentialiranianisrael Change image and share on social
No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on. Robert M. Gates groupthinkmusicpresident Change image and share on social
I mean, when you get down to very low numbers of nuclear weapons, and you contemplate going to zero, how do you deal with the reality of that technology being available to almost any country that seeks to pursue it? And what conditions do you put in place? Robert M. Gates conditioncontemplatecountry share on social
Things have gotten so nasty in Washington. Robert M. Gates nastythingwashington Change image and share on social
Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.' Robert M. Gates ciadiplomatdiplomatic Change image and share on social
There's a lot of books out there about how you lead change in business, but I've certainly not seen any... on how you do that in public institutions. Robert M. Gates bookbusinesschange Change image and share on social
I've spent my entire adult life with the United States as a superpower and one that had no compunction about spending what it took to sustain that position. And it didn't have to look over its shoulder because our economy was so strong. Robert M. Gates adultcompunctioneconomy share on social
