List of Chuck Hagel Quotes

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.

This Current Government In Iraq Has Never Fulfilled The Commitments It Made To Form A Unity Government With The Kurds, The Sunnis And The Shia. We Have Worked Hard With Them Within The Confines Of Our Ability To Do That But We Can't Dictate To Them.

If You Wanted A Safe Job, Go Sell Shoes. This Is A Tough Business.

The Israeli People Must Be Free To Live In Peace And Security.

We Can't ... Take That Piece Of Reality In This Business And Set That Aside And Say, Well, That Doesn't Count. And The Republicans On My Side Understand That The Majority Is In Fact Up For Grabs Next Year. So There's Not A Decision Made Up Here That Doesn't Have That Factor Coursing Through That Current.

Desperate Men Do Desperate Things When You Take Hope Away. And That's Where The Palestinians Are Today.

No Border That Touches Israel Is Always Secure.

It Is Easy To Get Into War, Not So Easy To Get Out.

All I Can Do Is Present What I Think Is In The Best Interest Of This Country And How I Can Best Serve This Country And The President Of The United States. And I Feel Very Good About That Opportunity I've Had.

Imposing Democracy Through Force Is A Roll Of The Dice.

I’m A United States Senator. I’m Not An Israeli Senator.

I Am Fully Supportive Of 'open Service' And Committed To Lgbt Military Families.

This Is A Complicated Time To Govern In The World Today Because Of So Much Going On And It's Coming At Us At Such An Unprecedented Rate.

The United States Can't Impose Democracies. We Can't Impose Our Will. The Russians Found That Out In Afghanistan.

Bogging Down Large Armies In Historically Complex, Dangerous Areas Ends In Disaster.

You Can't Just Drop The 82nd Airborne Into Baghdad And It Will All Be Over.

Well, Let's Go Back To The Original Intent Of Social Security. It Is An Insurance Contract.

I'm Not Saying My Idea Is The One And Only Idea. We Should Have Other Ideas, But The President Has Not Laid Down A Specific Plan As To How He's Going To Get Us To Solvency. I Do That.

I Have Said Many Times That Iran Is A State Sponsor Of Terrorism.

Palestinians Caged Up Like Animals.

We Live In A World Where There Are Dangerous People, There Are Bad People.

Assad Must Go. He's Lost The Legitimacy To Govern.

Foreign Policy Is All About A Universe Of Bad Decisions, Imperfect Decisions; Every Situation Is Different. The Dynamics, The Atmospherics, The People, The Pressures, The Geopolitical Realities Shift.

My Overall Worldview Has Never Changed: That America Has And Must Maintain The Strongest Military In The World, That We Must Lead The International Community To Confront Threats And Challenges Together, And That We Must Use All Tools Of American Power To Protect Our Citizens And Our Interests.