151 Quotes by Chuck Hagel

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

It would bog us down, it would further destabilize the Middle East, it would give Iran more influence, it would hurt Israel, it would put our allies over there in Saudi Arabia and Jordan in a terrible position. It won't be four years. We need to be out.

The road to Arab-Israeli peace will not likely go through Baghdad, as some may claim.

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.

Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our country to: the complications and consequences of endeavors.

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

The Saudis have been an important ally to the United States over the years,

No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.

The STOP Underage Drinking Act will provide the resources necessary to educate young people about the dangers of underage drinking.