Top 141 Quotes & Sayings by Michael T. Flynn

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American military man Michael T. Flynn.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Michael Thomas Flynn is a convicted felon and a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was the 24th U.S. National Security Advisor for the first 22 days of the Trump administration. He resigned in light of reports that he had lied regarding conversations with Sergey Kislyak. Flynn's military career included a key role in shaping U.S. counterterrorism strategy and dismantling insurgent networks in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and he was given numerous combat arms, conventional, and special operations senior intelligence assignments. He became the 18th director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in July 2012 until his forced retirement from the military in August 2014. During his tenure he gave a lecture on leadership at the Moscow headquarters of the Russian military intelligence directorate GRU, the first American official to be admitted entry to the headquarters.

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One of the things I expect Mr. Trump would look for in a vice president is discretion.

Michael T. Flynn

On military battlefields, we have defeated radical Islamic forces every time we have seriously gone after them, from Iraq to Afghanistan.

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Trump has a bigger, longer-term vision for this country than just sitting as a president for four years. He really does. And that's what I was impressed by.

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Donald Trump's leadership, decision-making and problem solving will restore America's role as the undeniable and unquestioned world leader.

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We're in a global war, facing an enemy alliance that runs from Pyongyang, North Korea, to Havana, Cuba, and Caracas, Venezuela.

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I promise you, I promise you that Donald Trump knows, Donald Trump knows that the primary role of the president is to keep us safe.

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There's one race that we have to worry about, and it's the human race.

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We don't go to war to protect Pizza Hut or Burger King or some other things, some of the nonsense I've seen on our battlefields.

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Tehran already has the largest inventory of ballistic missiles in the Middle East.

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Iran has every intention to build a nuclear weapon.

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We should not fear what our country was built on: a set of Judeo-Christian principles.

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I mentioned it yesterday: I'm one of these people that - I don't - like, on the abortion issue, it's not something that - I'm very uncomfortable talking about it. I'm not gonna kid you. It's a very uncomfortable thing. I think that it's a legal issue. Definitely a legal issue. It's been decided upon by our Supreme Court.

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If we are going to conduct a population-centric strategy in Afghanistan, and we are perceived as backing thugs, then we are just undermining ourselves.

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I honestly don't know how John Allen can look at himself in the mirror and say why he supports Hillary Clinton.

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The intelligence community does not have complete 'eyes on' the totality of the Iranian nuclear program, nor can it guarantee that we have identified all of Iran's nuclear facilities and processes.

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Obama has made incredibly poor decisions that have made us less safe.

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The only way to clean up Chicago is to get rid of Capone.

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If people want to change the law, they should vote so that we can appoint pro-life judges. I believe the law should be changed.

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The historic lesson is that it was a strategic failure to go into Iraq. History will not be and should not be kind with that decision.

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The direction of this country is going into the wrong direction.

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I've been a soldier too long to refuse to entertain any request from a potential commander in chief.

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What we need to do is we need to come to grips with this cancerous form of the Islamic religion that is breaking down the Arab world order, and that is very clear.

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Every year, the State Department declares Iran to be the world's primary supporter of terror.

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Is there going to be a peace in the Middle East? Not in my lifetime.

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We're in a world war.

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This pro-choice issue is a legal issue that should be decided by the courts.

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All I would say is that I have been honored to serve my country for the past three decades and look forward to serving in other ways now that I am retired from the U.S. Army.

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The Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Qaeda in Iraq are the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria.

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I vote for leaders, and honestly, I didn't vote much in the military because I served whoever is the commander-in-chief.

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I think what - I think what the American people is looking for is they are looking for moral and intellectual courage and clarity, and not a sense of passivity or confusion.

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I think these al Qaeda franchise groups have clearly evolved into a much more dangerous strain.

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DCGS is hard to learn. It takes a long time. You have to use it all the time, which means it's not a simple technology that people are used to and can buy off the shelf today. And frankly, it doesn't do what it's touted to do. That's why you see units out on the battlefield asking for very similar things.

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The president says, 'What difference does it make what you call the enemy?' Are you kidding me? As an intelligence officer, I would never get away with that. I could never say, 'Well, you know, boss, I don't label this enemy that we're facing.'

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I am certain - I am deadly certain that we cannot win this war unless we are free to call our enemy by name: Radical Islamicists and failed tyrants.

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The point is technology and innovation have advanced far past what DCGS is capable of doing. It's not an agile enough tool to be able to incorporate and integrate the most advanced technology that is on the shelf today that can be bought by our forces that frankly our war-fighting units want.

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As brutal as Saddam Hussein was, it was a mistake to just eliminate him. The same is true for Moammar Gadhafi and for Libya, which is now a failed state.

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I grew up as a Democrat in a very strong Democratic family, but I will tell you that the Democratic Party that exists in this country is not the Democratic Party I grew up around.

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I could care less if someone is purple polka-dotted.

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We are tired of Obama's empty speeches and his misguided rhetoric.

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I've been called an extremist.

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I don't know Jeb Bush. I've never met him.

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We should quit using phrases like 'turning points' and 'tipping points.' There's been multiple turning points, multiple tipping points.

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Frankly, Donald Trump won the candidacy for the Republican Party. Let's get on board and help him win.

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What I believe in is I believe in law.

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What people do in their private lives, these are not big issues that our country's dealing with.

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One of the things that we have to keep in mind on Iran is Iran is also a country with ballistic missiles, cyber capabilities.

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Because of Obama's ill-advised actions, the world has lost American leadership.

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Within the government, within the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, you have practically eliminated any training or any use of the term 'radical Islam.' That's what we're facing.

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My God, war is not about bathrooms. War is not about political correctness or words that are meaningless. War is about winning.

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I think women have to be able to choose... sort of, the right of choice. They are the ones that have to make the decision because they're the ones that are going to decide to bring up that child or not.

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My message to you is very clear: Wake up, America!

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You come home when the war is won.

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If Hamas were destroyed and gone, we would probably end up with something much worse. The region would end up with something much worse.

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Units were coming to combat with DCGS because it was their tool kit, so to speak, but they basically had it boxed up and parked in a corner. They were using off-the-shelf stuff they were having to buy prior to coming into the theater.

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There is no substitute for American leadership and exceptionalism.

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You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists.

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Number One, if there is no America, then the world will be a complete mess.

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On the gay issue, hey, you know what, if people love each other, Jesus, I mean come on.

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We have real enemies, dedicated to dominating and eventually destroying us, and they are not going to be talked out of their hatred.

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I've always operated so far outside my lane, I'm not sure what lane is mine anymore.