Leon Panetta Quotes

You are going to be arguing about issues that we all saw Democrats paid a heavy price for in the last election. Democrats have a tremendous opportunity right now to hit Bush where he's weak, which is on oil prices and the war. Don't hit him where he's strong, which is these values issues. - Leon Panetta

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Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific. - Leon Panetta

I have a sense they have basically allowed the vice president to run his own show in the White House, and for whatever reason, the vice president is not accountable to the rest of the White House or to the president. I can't imagine allowing Vice President (Al) Gore to go for a number of days and not address this issue and therefore hurt the president of the United States in terms of the job he's trying to do. The first priority in the White House is not the vice president. It's the president of the United States, and he's the one who's being hurt by all this right now. - Leon Panetta

People start doing it by the numbers. They don't have that kind of excitement you had in the first term, dealing with issues, dealing with the country. - Leon Panetta