Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Leon Panetta
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 28
Former Director Of The Central Intelligence Agency
Lawyer
Political Scientist
Politician
Monterey
California
Leon Edward Panetta
International
Premises
Neither
Weapon
Weapons
Iran
Community
Fundamental
United
Fundamentals
States
Develop
Going
Nuclear
Allow
Premise

More quotes by Leon Panetta

Image
The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.
Leon Panetta
Image
Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States.
Leon Panetta
Image
The terrorism from 9/11 has metastasized. It's metastasized in Iraq and Syria, in Nigeria, in Somalia, in Yemen and in other places in North Africa. We need a very comprehensive strategy to deal with that threat.
Leon Panetta
Image
I want you and the people of Israel to know a few things that have not and will not change. The United States stands firmly with Israel, and we have a rock solid commitment to the security of Israel and to the security of its citizens.
Leon Panetta
Image
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
Image
I'm not big on commissions.
Leon Panetta
Image
Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.
Leon Panetta
Image
Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
Leon Panetta
Image
These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.
Leon Panetta
Image
Al Qaeda still remains a threat.
Leon Panetta
Image
The most important thing we can do is prosecute the offenders, deal with those that have broken the law and committed this crime. And if we can do that then we can begin to deal with this issue and send a signal this is not a problem that we are going to ignore in the United States military.
Leon Panetta
Image
I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.
Leon Panetta
Image
I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.
Leon Panetta
Image
In the zero-sum budget game, every dollar spent on this problem [illegal immigration] must be taken from somewhere else....No, we should not tolerate people immigrating illegally. But we need to treat this issue honestly and fairly.
Leon Panetta
Image
I don't engage in hypotheticals.
Leon Panetta
Image
I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.
Leon Panetta
Image
You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.
Leon Panetta
Image
The reason we've always had a civilian in that job [Secretary of Defence] is because we really believe that it is policymakers who ought to control the military and not have the military control the military.
Leon Panetta
Image
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.
Leon Panetta
Image
Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.
Leon Panetta