151 Quotes by Chuck Hagel

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

The second question here is: Who is doing all of the fighting? This is also a societal issue. Should we continue to burden the middle class, who represents most all of our soldiers, and the lower-middle class?

We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.

North Korea is a different situation as well, ... Different area, different dynamics, different leader, different possibilities. Syria is different from Iraq. Each of these nations must be dealt with based on their own specific situation.

Well, Mr Obama inherited probably the biggest inventory of problems, certainly foreign policy problems, than any American president ever has. I think the entire inventory of problems that he inherited is probably as big overall as any president, certainly since Franklin Roosevelt and maybe, in some cases, worse.

any straight-thinking American, any straight-thinking citizen of the world.

Any recommendations regarding climate policy must meet the demands of economic growth and development, especially in the developing world.

Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions; every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift.

This is not a responsible way to discuss this measure. It could create a vacuum.