Michael Mullen quotes

Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more than we think we can do and more than we think we already know. (Michael Mullen)
It is a really important place to not go, if we can not go there in any way, shape or form. View quote
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We cannot kill our way to victory. View quote
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The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber. View quote
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There is, I am convinced, a sea of goodwill out in the country of people and places yearning to help. We need to tap into it. We need to make that connection. We need to come up with new ways and new ideas to make life better for those affected by this war, so that kids can go to school, incomes can be sustained, and homes can be both purchased and lived in for a long time. The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats. If the untimely battlefield deaths of generations of American heroes have taught us nothing else, it should be this unalterable fact: what you do with your time here on earth is far more important than the time you had to do it. Those who live most are those who love most, who act the noblest and do their best. View quote
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Basically, we've grown up very focused on the institution. The institution tells me what to do. It tells me where to go. It tells me what my career path is, and then I, sort of, attach my own personal desires, my own personal interests. I think we're living in a time where we're going to have to change - to put people in the center. View quote
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My job is simply to give advice, to be a counselor to our nation's leaders. View quote
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They never forgot your generosity. They never forgot the power of opportunity. They never forgot the American dream. View quote
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I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are. View quote
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I've said for a long time, clearly the - a, a critical key to success in the region is going to be Pakistan and our relationship with Pakistan, which was one that was broken in the late '80s and which we've worked hard to restore. View quote
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I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information. (Michael Mullen)
The best day was when we got bin Laden. View quote
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Don't try to run your life through a single straw. Someone, some event, will cut it off. View quote
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I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity. View quote
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I'd have no problem serving under any president. View quote
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We are vulnerable in the military and in our governments, but I think we're most vulnerable to cyber attacks commercially. This challenge is going to significantly increase. It's not going to go away. View quote
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Mr. Chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. View quote
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The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan. View quote
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I'm not a policy and a strategy guy. I'm - you know, the military basically supports what the president wants, the decisions that he makes. View quote
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