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I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#decisions #foolish #i #know #make

I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#city #describe #i #people #psychological

By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#climbed #depending #great #high #little

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#behavior #burning #decline #drawn #even

After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#conflict #cuts #deep #doing #every

I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#any #bin #i #laden #operation

I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#cia #decisions #had #i #make

I think soon after I became director of the CIA - President Obama pulled me into the Oval Office and said: 'Look, I just want you to know that your top priority is to go after Osama bin Laden.' ↗

— Leon Panetta

#became #bin #cia #director #go

In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#century #depends #even #more #our

Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#capabilities #clear #continued #develop #documented