I've lived a very colorful life, and I've said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I've never apologized for them - and I won't. Jim Mattis More Quotes by Jim Mattis More Quotes From Jim Mattis Along the path going there, certainly it'll be a little rocky, a little bumpy at times, but so far I do not anticipate any effect in the security domain. Jim Mattis top-news How do we take Turkey's legitimate security concerns and enhance their security... at the same time, the SDF was the only organization at the time that was able to throw ISIS off the track and defeat them in the field in very, very tough fighting and we will not simply cast that organization aside. Jim Mattis top-news But I'm reminded that so long as nations continue dialogue, so long as they continue to listen to one another and to pay respect to one another, nothing is over, based on one decision. Jim Mattis top-news We can anticipate, at best, a bumpy road to the (negotiations), we will continue to implement all U.N Security Council resolutions on North Korea. North Korea will receive relief only when it demonstrates verifiable and irreversible steps to denuclearization. Jim Mattis top-news We can anticipate, at best, a bumpy road to the (negotiations), we will continue to implement all U.N Security Council resolutions on North Korea. North Korea will receive relief only when it demonstrates verifiable and irreversible steps to denuclearisation. Jim Mattis top-news Those shared principles include respect for sovereignty and independence... peaceful resolution of disputes without any coercion, free and fair trade and investment without practicing predatory economics against poorer countries trying to develop. Jim Mattis world I do not want to talk about Korea at all. Jim Mattis world What I want you to understand is that right now every word is going to be nuanced and parsed apart across different cultures, at different times of the day, in different contexts. Jim Mattis world In some cases, those countries (where the fighters came from) have stripped them of their citizenship, so they have a different view as far as what their status is today. So this is not simple. Jim Mattis politics We're all cautiously optimistic that we may be on the right path for the denuclearization of the North Korea peninsula. Jim Mattis top-news Senator, I assure you that nickname was given to me by the press and some of you have experienced similar occasions with the press where they perhaps they didn't get it quite right. Jim Mattis politics Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke to reporters Friday morning hours before the release of the Nuclear Posture Review. What we're trying to do is ensure that our diplomats and our negotiators are in a position to be listened to when we say we want to go forward on nonproliferation and arms control. At the same time, you do so by having an effective, safe deterrent. Jim Mattis politics For too long, we have asked our military to stoically carry a ‘success at any cost’ attitude as they work tirelessly to accomplish the mission with now inadequate and misaligned resources, simply because the Congress could not maintain regular order. Jim Mattis latest-headlines We never asked for this fight but we are steadfastly committed to seeing it through, we Americans are not made of cotton candy. We’re not seaweed drifting in the current. We are not intimidated by our enemies. Jim Mattis latest-headlines ( AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The news followedremarks from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday that the U.S. military would take out any North Korean missile spotted heading for American soil, including Guam. Jim Mattis said the U.S. would detect a missile of that nature heading towards Guam within moments. If North Korea fires at the U.S., North Korea could escalate into war very quickly. Jim Mattis world Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust. Jim Mattis you trust long people In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are: if you cannot create harmony - even vicious harmony - on the battlefield based on trust across service lines, across coalition and national lines, and across civilian/military lines, you need to go home, because your leadership is obsolete. Jim Mattis you trust leadership age There are hunters, and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim. Jim Mattis your will you discipline Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed... It doesn't give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead. Jim Mattis lights me path dark I don't worry about stress. I create it. Jim Mattis about create stress worry
