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

  Thinking, Men, Giving

  "To Army War College Graduates". Speech at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, June 07, 2008.

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• No importa la organización, el objetivo o la misión, hay que hacerlo a través de las personas. Así ha sido para mí desde mi primer mando. Trabajo para entender a la gente, sus puntos de vista y necesidades, y cómo se están llevando a cabo las tareas.Esa interacción puede hacerme modificar mi orientación o la forma en que delego. También me brinda la oportunidad de aprender qué objetivos tiene la gente y cómo, como su jefe, puedo facilitar su futuro de forma que no sólo les ayude a ellos, sino también al barco o a la organización.

  Michael Mullen

  Opportunity, Organization, Views

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• Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right or the moral fiber to step aside when circumstances dictate.

  Michael Mullen

  Military, Moral Fiber, Democracy

  USNA Commencement Address in Annapolis, Maryland, May 23, 2008.

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• Señor Presidente, hablando por mí y sólo por mí, creo personalmente que permitir a gays y lesbianas servir abiertamente sería lo correcto. Sea cual sea mi punto de vista sobre este asunto, no puedo evitar sentirme preocupado por el hecho de que tengamos en vigor una política que obliga a hombres y mujeres jóvenes a mentir sobre quiénes son para defender a sus conciudadanos.

  Michael Mullen

  Lying, Gay, Men

  "HUMAN RIGHTS Army Interrogator Discharged For Being Gay: John McCain 'So Out Of Touch With Modern Military'". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.alternet.org. February 4, 2010.

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• Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's a will, there's a way.

  Michael Mullen

  Military, Care, Way

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• The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber.

  Michael Mullen

  Thinking, Existentialism, Cyber

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• The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats.

  Michael Mullen

  Feelings, Deeds, Action

  May 26, 2008.

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• We're at a real time of transition here in terms of future aviation. What's going to be manned? What's going to be unmanned? There are those who see [the JSF] as the last manned fighter/bomber. And I'm one that's inclined to believe it-whether it's right or not.

  Michael Mullen

  Military, Real, Believe

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• 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.

  Michael Mullen

  Hero, Taught Us, Important

  May 26, 2008.

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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.

  Michael Mullen

  Military, Support, Guy

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• It has been a little surprising to me, anyway, is to find out through media that there actually have been several chemical attacks recently. Now, with some belief on my part, and I think a lot of people, that we thought we got rid of the chemical weapons with the regime that President Obama and President Putin put in place.

  Michael Mullen

  Pensamiento, Gente, Presidente

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• I worry a little bit about - quote - "regime change." We haven't had a great deal of success with that in years. That's just really difficult.

  Michael Mullen

  Worry, Difficult

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• I'm blessed to be in a command position in a Navy this good

  Michael Mullen

  Military, Blessed, Navy

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• We think we're near energy independence - nothing could be further from the truth. We're in much better shape now, but the price of a barrel of oil is going to be controlled by the Middle East for the next 10, 20, 30 years for sure.

  Michael Mullen

  Thinking, Years, Oil

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• If you listen closely to the voices of our veterans, you understand that yes, they all returned from war changed, but what never changed is this: They never forgot your generosity. They never forgot the power of opportunity. They never forgot the American dream.

  Michael Mullen

  Dream, War, Opportunity

  Address to Soldiers' Angels Gala, Washington, D.C., November 06, 2008.

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• We can't kill our way to victory, and no armed force anywhere - no matter how good - can deliver these keys alone. It requires teamwork and cooperation.

  Michael Mullen

  Victory, Way

  "Admiral: Troops Alone Will Not Yield Victory in Afghanistan". edition.cnn.com. September 10, 2008.

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• La misión, la misión general, es desmantelar, derrotar y desarticular a Al Qaeda. Pero tenemos que asegurarnos de que no vuelva a haber un refugio seguro en Afganistán.

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  Safe Haven, Als, Return

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• I am convinced that America's great sea of goodwill can be, in fact, a rising tide, a tide that could lift every veteran and every family of our wounded and fallen.

  Michael Mullen

  America, Sea, Facts

  Address to Soldiers' Angels Gala, Washington, D.C., November 06, 2008.

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• We have to stop the killing. We need to let the refugees - we need to let Syrian citizens go home.

  Michael Mullen

  Home, Killing, Refugee

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• The best day was when we got bin Laden.

  Michael Mullen

  Bin Laden

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• I'd have no problem serving under any president.

  Michael Mullen

  President, Problem, No Problem

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• In every war at some point in time, you do sit down and negotiate.

  Michael Mullen

  Military, War, Down And

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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.

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  Responsibility, Thinking, Information

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• Creo que la misión central en Afganistán ahora mismo es proteger a la población, sin duda, y eso incluiría a todo el mundo, y que en una, en una insurgencia y una contrainsurgencia, ese es realmente el centro de gravedad.

  Michael Mullen

  Pensar, Gente, Sería

  "Mullen on Taliban, mission in Afghanistan". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. August 1, 2010.

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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.

  Michael Mullen

  Relationship, Keys, Broken

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