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Robert Gates
5 quotes
“I looked into his eyes and I didn't see his soul, but a cold-blooded killer. Gates to George W Bush, as quoted in "On GPS: Gates on Putin, 27 February 2022" (2006)”
Robert Gates (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It has become clear that America’s civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long – relative to what we spend on the military, and more important, relative to the responsibilities and challenges our nation has around the world.”
Robert Gates (born 1943) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to U.S. Global Leadership Campaign (Washington, D.C.), 2008-07-15.
“Most governments lie to each other. That’s the way business gets done.”
Robert Gates (born 1943) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: CNN interview, 2011-06-19.
“I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades”
Robert Gates (born 1943) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gates says of Joe Biden in his book Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, 2014.
“Tough-minded, realistic, and very pro-American.”
Robert Gates (born 1943) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, as quoted in Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (12 May 2015), by R.M. Gates, p. 416.