Ashton Carter quotes
Ashton Carter was an American physicist and public servant, best known for serving as the U.S. Secretary of Defense. His leadership focused on modernizing the military and strengthening national security. He contributed significantly to defense innovation and global security policy. Here are 8 of his quotes:
Our nightmare, any of us, which would change the way we lived our lives, was if we thought that any moment Al Qaeda might detonate a nuclear weapon in a city anywhere in the world, because we learned that they had gotten hold of some plutonium from the North Koreans by sale, or when the North Korean regime collapsed, somebody smuggled it out.
Ashton Carter
We have been keeping the peace in the Asia-Pacific theater for decades now, and the essence of the rebalance is to keep that peace and stability going, of which we have been a pivotal part. You ask about India, yes it is difficult. We are two technical and military cultures that grew up on opposite sides of the fence during the Cold War.
Ashton Carter
That is what you wake up to every morning. It is what my wife and I think of when we go visit hospitals on the weekend. And so providing our people with all the support they can, you can possibly give them. And that does not always come naturally to this place, which is thinking in budgets and thinking in the future. You always have to remember that they are in danger.
Ashton Carter
Ashton Carter
Born: September 24, 1954
Died: October 24, 2022
Quotes count: 8
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