Caspar Weinberger famous quotes

I think women are too valuable to be in combat.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Thinking #Combat #Valuable

Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Agreement #Talking #People

It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Country #War #Kuwait

I have had a long unabashed love affair with dogs that stretches back to early childhood.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Dog #Long #Childhood

Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Soul #Should #Conscience

Even an inaccurate missile is quite a deterrent.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Missiles

We must recognize that personal freedoms diminish as the welfare state grows. The price of more and more public programs is less and less private freedom.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Politics #Welfare #Economy

Kelso and Adler's book could start a revolution.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Book #Politics #Revolution

When in doubt, grab power.
-- Caspar Weinberger

#Doubt #When In Doubt

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.

Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.

I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.

I think women are too valuable to be in combat.

If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better.

There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.

Everything I've ever done that's valuable is something I was afraid to try.

When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me.

Charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty but you can't resist charm.