51 Quotes by Alexander Haig

Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants to transfer the helm to the vice president, he will do so. As for now, I'm in control here, in the White House, pending the return of the vice president and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course.

I probably carry more scar tissue on my derrière than any other candidate-that's political scar tissue.

In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.

More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.

Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important.

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.

What the fundamentalists are doing is a total negation of their own faith - encouraging and lionizing suicide bombers and killing women and children, hardly in keeping with the teachings of Prophet Mohammed.

Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.

I am in control here, in the White House.