Well, no American wants to in any way hurt our capabilities to national defense, but that doesn’t mean an unlimited amount of money, and a blank check for anything they want at any time, for any purpose. Not at all. Chuck Hagel Read Quote
Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our country to: the complications and consequences of endeavors. Chuck Hagel Read Quote
When I came to the Senate in 1997, the world was being redefined by forces no single country controlled or understood. The implosion of the Soviet Union and a historic diffusion of economic and geopolitical power created new influences and established new global power centers – and new threats. Chuck Hagel Read Quote
Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster. Chuck Hagel Read Quote
Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn’t come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun. Chuck Hagel Read Quote
I would not trade America’s position in the world – our ledger, our debts and assets – for any country in the world. There isn’t a country in the world even close to America. Chuck Hagel Read Quote
People are not trying to get into China, they’re trying to get out of China. The United States is the only great country where people are trying to get into to this country for obvious reasons. Chuck Hagel Read Quote