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
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 have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful. Robert M. Gates civildisagreemaintain 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
Well, what I've said is that the war in Iraq will always be clouded by how it began, which was a wrong premise, that there were in fact no weapons of nuclear - weapons of mass destruction. Robert M. Gates beginclouddestruction Change image and share on social
I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State. Robert M. Gates arguebigbudget 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
