We can't ... take that piece of reality in this business and set that aside and say, well, that doesn't count. And the Republicans on my side understand that the majority is in fact up for grabs next year. So there's not a decision made up here that doesn't have that factor coursing through that current.
Chuck HagelThe United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.
Chuck HagelYou can have all the capabilities; if you don't have the quality people, you don't have much.
Chuck HagelWell, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.
Chuck HagelIn a general way, if one cannot attribute to the Jew the whole responsibility of the situation, economic, political, and social, by which Algeria is being strangled, it is no exaggeration to recognize him as morally guilty, for the great part of his rรฌle here, still more than elsewhere, has consisted in corrupting, degrading, and disintegrating.
Chuck Hagel