Michael Hayden Quotes

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here!

There were about 6,000 languages spoken on this planet at the beginning of the 20th century, there are probably only 600 still widely spoken at the beginning of the 21st century. Together with biodiversity, cultural and linguistic diversity are fading fast.

What is morally correct and what is legally correct are not always the same thing.

The shadowy world of foreign intelligence-gathering – the American government’s most secret and least accountable enterprise – is now the Bush administration’s main legal weapon in the war on terrorism.

[America] is so awash in rights that we are virtually unable to pass legislation reflecting traditional religious and moral views. Moral relativism will then be the rule, at law; and what is true at law will shape what is practiced.

The U. S. is the main repository of decency on this earth.

Ten men, ten minds

Miami is America’s most diverse city… We have 140 languages we speak..

The common law of England has been laboriously built around a mythical figure—the figure of the reasonable man.

We find the people to be no better than their laws.

We must see the pluralism of the world, and not bind it by seeking common denominators.

… a polyglot boarding house

If you are not diverse, you are saying, 'I don't want to be successful.'

It's become easy for Americans to live in a cocoon of monolithic ideology and thought. It's time to embrace diversity of thought and diversity of experience.

I don't want to get rid of the typical Dutch tolerance.

The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom.

The best companies will build culturally diverse leadership teams and workforces with divergent backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas.

New York is about as cosmopolitan as it gets. It's a fairly mixed and woke town, so there weren't a lot of situations growing up where I felt like the outsider or the alien.

We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants.

Iowa is an amazing place. But I didn't have much race around me. I was definitely not like everyone there.

A written constitution guides and directs the application of law in a way utterly unlike oral guidance. It reminds us that the certainty and consistency of legal application is essential.

While everyone is entitled to a little vacation now and then, America's top legal officers should adhere to basic measures to increase accountability and restore the public's trust in government.

Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.

America seems much more diverse and has more exciting casting - they really take risks.

When you cast cross-racially, another dimension is added.