Wesley Clark Professions : Political figureBorn : December 23, 1944 Browse All Authors Top 83 quotes by Wesley Clark I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn. Wesley Clark national-securitysecurityforgotten Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law - not the rule of force - governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again. Wesley Clark together-we-canrightslaw Global warming is a matter of national security. Will we live in a world where we must fight our neighbors for fresh water and food? Or will we take the lead now and leave to our children and grandchildren a world better off than the one we inherited from our parents? Wesley Clark fightingwaterchildren When you use force, people get hurt, and when you kill people, their relatives don't like it. And usually war has some unanticipated consequences so it's something you shouldn't launch into, on the expectation that this is going to rally the nation. This is not like 'Friday Night Lights'. Wesley Clark fridayhurtwar I would have been a Republican, if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls. Wesley Clark phone-callsrepublicanphones I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame. Wesley Clark riskmemoriesthinking George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between. Wesley Clark ignoredhurt I think there are some mass destruction capabilities that are still inside Iraq. I think there's some weapons that have been shipped over the border to Syria. But I don't think we're going to find that their capabilities provided the imminent threat that many feared in this country. So I think it's going to be a tough search, but I think there's stuff there. Wesley Clark mass-destructioncountrythinking There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001 He is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn't have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we. Wesley Clark wmdlongthinking I don't think it was a patriotic war. I think it was a mistake, a strategic mistake, and I think that the president of the United States wasn't patriotic in going after Saddam Hussein. He simply misled America and cost us casualties and killed and injured America's reputation around the world without valid reason for doing so. It's not patriotic; it's wrong. Wesley Clark patrioticmistakewar Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there would be some Al Qaeda there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing gee, I wonder since I don’t have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of Al Qaeda? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me? Wesley Clark iraqrisktalking We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership. Wesley Clark winningwarcountry President George Bush had the courage and the vision and we will always be grateful to President George Bush for that tremendous leadership and statesmanship. Wesley Clark gratefulvisionpresident Nothing is going to hurt this country - not bioweapons, not a nuclear weapon, not a terrorist strike - there is nothing that can hurt us if we stay united and move together and have a vision for moving to the future the right way. Wesley Clark hurtcountrymoving We've never finished the investigation of 9/11 and whether the administration actually misused the intel information it had. The evidence seems pretty clear to me. I've seen that for a long time. Wesley Clark administrationinformationlong As president of the United States, my top priority will be to keep America safe. We're going to go after the terrorist networks. We're going to go after Osama bin Laden. We are not going to live in fear in this country. Wesley Clark prioritiescountryamerica Once you take yourself off the pedestal, saying, "It's bad for you to torture, but for us, this is our national security, so we're gonna do it". You can't live that way and the United States doesn't need to do it, it shouldn't do it, and I think a Democratic administration, whoever the democratic president is, will repudiate that kind of conduct. I think it was an overreaction caused by a lot of different strains of thought in the administration. I think it was clearly wrong and I think that repudiation, which will come from the United States, will be a key in restoring America's legitimacy. Wesley Clark keysamericathinking It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military. Wesley Clark importantprinciplesmilitary It was of tremendous comfort. I always said my prayers at night. My mother taught actually me to say prayers at night but most of it came from the church. Wesley Clark prayermothernight I wouldn't have known anything about Catholicism if I hadn't been dating Gert. In those days, Catholics were much less ecumenical than they are today. Gert was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church. So when I would date her in New York City and later when we went to Oxford before we got married we always went to the Catholic church. Wesley Clark citiesnew-yorkoxford Similar Authors Bilawal Bhutto Zardari political-figure Burhan Ghalioun political-figure Ashraf Dehghani political-figure Anita Dunn political-figure Anacharsis Cloots political-figure Bob Avakian political-figureAll Authors
