David Petraeus Quotes

I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.

Although many people in Aceh are still poor and vulnerable, the province resembles nothing like the place I saw the day after the tsunami hit.

Israel was established in 1948. Then, the average income in Palestine was lower than in Egypt, for example. Today, 55 years after the establishment of Israel, the average income in Israel is 15 times higher than in Egypt. Israel fought all same wars as the Arabs and Egyptians. How come it continued to progress to the point it has become a technological force to be reckoned with? The reason is that it's a democracy.

I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq.

Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger

I leave Iraq gladdened by what has been accomplished and confident your future is full of hope.

So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you - and fight alongside you - until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.

Haiti is open for business!

There's always Tunisia. Amid the smoking ruins of the Middle East, there is that one encouraging success story.

Change doesn't always mean progress, but the status quo isn't always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient.

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.

One cannot have economic growth without security.

Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it.

Nobody ever wants to have change, that's for sure. But when it's good, it's really good.

I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'.

The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.

Reform is one of the priorities of the Arab world. All countries and societies want to move ahead and have their own views of how to move ahead. Reform is an item for all of us to support but we have to be cautious because of the fragility of the security situation and uncertainty on the international scene.

Change is certain. Progress is not.

Reconstruction requires security and security requires reconstruction.

You cannot have prosperity without peace. Without peace, China cannot continue to develop itself.

We have to educate our way to a better economy.

Human history can be viewed as an endless search for greater order.

Go ask Virginia— go ask even noble Maryland ... to show you her people, canals, railroads, universities, schools, charities, commerce cities, and cultivated areas.

Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth.