Michael Hayden Quotes

President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.

Congress cannot—nor should it—run foreign policy on a day-to-day basis. That is a truism.

No President is going to say, “I am not going to preempt.” This is simply a reality.

Our national security is not a partisan issue.

Cheney refers to his vice presidency... as one of the most consequential vice presidencies in American history. And it clearly was.

There's so many things, when you're in national security, that you do that aren't perfect, but you do them because you think you're doing what the country needs to be safe.

[Hillary Clinton] is going to decide war, peace, and health, education, livelihood for my kids. I want the best person.

No one wants to friend or follow covert info about Pakistan's nuclear policy.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

Mistakes, after all, are endemic to foreign and military policy given the unpredictability of events and the difficulty of securing reliable information in a place like Iraq.

War is often about making the least-worst decision. The same could be said about politics. But the stakes are higher in war, when the commander-in-chief is called upon to defend the nation.

The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic.

As the governor of this state, I obviously see the issue quite differently.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

I went to the White House, and met the president.. We in trouble

When you're in the real world as President of the United States it doesn't go according to the script.

An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.

Congress has chosen to recognize that a president may be forced to pursue legitimate foreign policy objectives by covert means. Such recognition, however, does not mean it surrenders the right to be informed of covert measures so that it can express its views as to the legitimacy of the goals or the wisdom of seeking to achieve them.