Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.
James MattisThere is no corporation in the world that would, in a competitive environment, try and concentrate all decisions at the corporate level.
James MattisI find it disturbing that no member of the Senate Armed Services Committee is willing to acknowledge that record of failure and to ask our next secretary of defense what he proposes to do to amend that sorry record.
James MattisI'm from the American West. We have forest fires out there. And some of the worst forest fires in our history, the most damage were caused when we pulled the fire crews off the line too early. And so we're going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy - ISIS. There's no room for complacency on this.
James Mattis