One of the reasons that I’m still in the military – or I stayed in the military – is because I think the military has been a place where certainly people could improve, advance, and were treated fairly. Michael Mullen Read Quote
Too often we just look at these glistening successes. Behind them in many, many cases is failure along the way, and that doesn’t get put into the Wikipedia story or the bio. Yet those failures teach you every bit as much as the successes. Michael Mullen Read Quote
I’m very concerned about the nuclear weapons development for Iran and the destabilizing influence it has and they have in that part of the world. And I strongly endorse continued pressure, diplomatically, financially, economically. Michael Mullen Read Quote
Our training is world-class across all the services. We spend an awful lot on every soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman that comes in, and we ask them to do an awful lot, sometimes more than we expect of ourselves, and they do that. Michael Mullen Read Quote
My job is simply to give advice, to be a counselor to our nation’s leaders. Michael Mullen Read Quote
I have met parents all over the world, and they all just want to raise their kids to a higher standard than they were raised with. Michael Mullen Read Quote
I’ve been pretty clear about saying that I think that the No. 1 threat to our national security is our debt. And we’ve got to get our arms around that and head it in another – head it in the right direction – that we have to pay our fair share of this. Michael Mullen Read Quote
When I go there to Afghanistan or Pakistan, the question both asked – and if it’s not asked, implied – is, ‘Are you staying this time?’ because we left last time, in 1989 in Afghanistan, and we sanctioned Pakistan from 1990 to 2002. So I think it’s a fair question. Michael Mullen Read Quote
I’m a Vietnam veteran. I was here when there was no public support, not just for the effort in Vietnam, for the mission in Vietnam, but for our men and women in uniform. Michael Mullen Read Quote
