Top Ashton Carter Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Ashton Carter Biography

Ashton Baldwin Carter (born September 24, 1954) is an American physicist and former Harvard University professor of Science and International Affairs who served as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama in December 2014 and confirmed in February 2015 by the Senate to replace Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense.

Read about Ashton Carter in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Ashton Carter Quotes

In strategic affairs, clarity and consistency are very important.

Consistency, Important, Clarity, Affairs, Strategic

We have for decades now, and I've dealt with the Russians for 35 years, we have from time to time been able to, even though we have different interests, to align them. That alignment has become more and more difficult under Putin. You see that in Ukraine, you see it in the Middle East. To an extent where he actually defines Russian success as thwarting the United States.

Able, East, Russian, Time, Ukraine, Years

Effective immediately, transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for being transgender.

Military, May, Transgender, Discharged, Serve

I came up during the cold war, and during the cold war it was always possible with the then Soviet Union - the Russian leaders behaved carefully and predictably. They didn't engage in nuclear saber rattling. They were able to work with us and align their interests where possible.

War, Leader, Nuclear, Carefully, Interests, Russian

It's too low, and if Europe wants to be a force in the world it needs to be more than a moral and political and economic force, which Europe is because it shares many of our values and demonstrates them around the world. But it has to have the military power that goes with that as well.

Military, Europe, Political, Shares, Needs, Moral

I think it's important to America's future and to the future of the American dream and our people and the unity and purpose and cohesion of our society that everybody feel like the pace of change isn't just dizzying, but it can work for them and not against them.

Against, America, Dream, Everybody, People, Thinking

We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.

Country, Direction, Friendship, Hope, Peace, Relevant

I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature. And that is very difficult to align with strategically.

Thinking, United States, Putin, Difficult, Nature, States

R. D. Laing

R. D. Laing

Michael Muhney

Michael Muhney

Henry Thomas Buckle

Henry Thomas Buckle

Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley

Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham

Boethius

Boethius

Eugene Forsey

Eugene Forsey

Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate

Christopher Parkening

Christopher Parkening

Webster Tarpley

Webster Tarpley

Harry Anderson

Harry Anderson