Stephen Hadley Quotes (90 Quotes)

It is planned as an opportunity for him to watch and learn a little bit about it. But, you know, who knows what he'll do I have not asked him.

His approach is to not to try and dominate but to participate as one of equals and listen, and that's what he did. At critical times he made his views obviously clear.

Obviously there's an election coming up. We would like it to be free and fair. And a prerequisite of free and fair elections is that you don't beat up opposition candidates or opposition supporters and throw them in jail.

They need to send a clear signal to Syria that the winds of change are blowing in the Middle East.

I dispute the premise, ... I think most people you talk to would say our relations with Japan, Korea and China have rarely been better.

finding new ways to support the new governments of Iraq and Afghanistan, advancing an Israeli-Palestinian settlement and spreading freedom and democracy to parts of the world that have known too little of both.

It's not deadlocked, ... We went from a summit which was supposed to bury FTAA to a summit ... in which all 34 countries actually talk in terms of enhanced trade and an FTAA.

The president's strategy begins with the recognition that America is at war. Protecting the American people remains the first duty of the president of the United States. The president's strategy renews his commitment to maintain an American military without fear, that can dissuade, deter and defeat a wide variety of potential threats.

in a way that is consistent with our values and principles.

The answer is straightforward We will stay as long as is necessary but not one day more.

If we don't get it on the trip, then we'll get it after the trip, because the parties are committed to make this relationship work in the civil nuclear area.

The violence seems to be diminishing.

There are more serious leaders who are outstanding and not in custody than the three you described and I am sure that a number of those will not be part of the reconciliation process but again that is a decision that the Afghan government has the lead on,

The two countries are working together on a range of global issues, including counter terrorism, nonproliferation, energy and the environment, and the expansion of economic and political freedom.

The relationship with China is extremely complex. We have areas of very positive cooperation with China.

The president's National Security Strategy charts the way forward along the path of confidence. It is a strategy of leadership. It is a strategy of partnership. It is a strategy that protects America's vital interests, reflects America's history and promotes America's highest ideals.

There are questions raised in the Congress, and what this delay allows is for those questions to be addressed on the Hill. There's nothing to reopen.

While we have to do what is necessary to defend the country against terrorists and to win the war on terror, the president has been very clear that we're going to do that in a way that is consistent with our values and that is why he has been very clear that the United States will not torture.

Seventy-seven senators from both sides of the aisle, the previous administration and foreign governments all believed, based on the same intelligence, that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and posed an enormous threat,

This is going to be an issue, you know, it's a longstanding issue that we've had with China.

long period of time.

The terror threatens all of us. You had seen terror attacks in Britain, in Spain, in Italy, in Turkey, in Russia, in Egypt, in Jordan, in Saudi Arabia. This is a threat, really, to the civilized world. We need to cooperate together to deal with this terror threat that threatens all of us. We are cooperating with a number of countries.

One cannot let dangers grow to the point of imminent threat to the United States without taking action. And if other measures fail, obviously we retain to right to use force.

cordial, extensive, light-hearted at times.

As part of that cooperation for our part, we comply with U.S. law. We respect the sovereignty of the countries with which we deal. And we do not move people around the world so that they can be tortured.

We do not rule out the use of force before attacks occur, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack.

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

The language is agreed. The vehicle by which it is going to get enacted by the Congress is still being worked.

Scooter Libby is a fine person. And he served the president and the vice president well,

People recognize that it would be problematic for Chavez to be in the nuclear business.

But I think one of the things we've all learned from that is that it is important, also, to be clear about dissenting opinions and make sure that dissenting opinions also are given visibility.

Palestinian President Abbas earned the trust of his people when he was elected on a platform of peace this past January. Now the Palestinian Authority must make good on that promise by fighting terrorism.

I worked with Scooter very closely. I will miss him as a colleague and as a friend.

Next week the president and Mrs. Bush will depart for South Asia. They will travel to India and Pakistan. This is the first trip of the president and Mrs. Bush to either country. They are very much looking forward to it.

The Pentagon is looking into them. To the extent that kind of behavior is inconsistent with our policy, it will be stopped.

This in many ways is their accomplishment.

They drew the conclusion that Saddam Hussein was a threat to peace, that he had weapons of mass destruction. They acted against him militarily in 1998,

We think we're going to make progress on three of them.

We're making progress, but we're not yet there. The Indians, hopefully, will have an opportunity from their end to see where we are, and we would expect those negotiations will continue by phone, document and the like, probably up to the president's visit.

We'll want to continue to have a dialogue on that issue to make sure that we continue to see that issue the same way.

Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror, and in some sense, a battleground of the war on terror.

is to continue to talk to the American people about the war on terror, the nature of the enemy, what is at stake (and) the importance that we see it through to success.

In terms of the administration and executive branch process, that process has been completed ... There's nothing to reopen. In terms of the CFIUS, process, it's been completed.

In terms of the Taiwan Straits sic, obviously a conflict in the Taiwan Straits sic, everybody loses. China loses, Taiwan loses, we lose, the area loses.

Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.

Action would have to be taken, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

Obviously, we didn't have the intelligence we needed in that particular instance. In some sense, those countries that pursue weapons of mass destruction in secret also learned an important lesson - that there are risks of that kind of behavior and that kind of activity.

This is not going to get worked out before we get there, it's not going to get worked out while we're there. But we hope in a reasonable time afterwards to see this issue worked through and beef returned to the Japanese market.

I think the point that we need to emphasize here was, allegations now that the president somehow manipulated intelligence, somehow misled the American people are flat wrong.

If freedom prevails in Iraq, others in the region -- including Syria and Iran -- will be under greater pressure to open up their repressive political systems. And that is good news for Israel.