Alexander Haig
Alexander Haig
Alexander Meigs Haig Jr.was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the second-highest ranking officer in the Army, and as Supreme Allied Commander Europe commanding all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 December 1924
CountryUnited States of America
Alexander Haig quotes about
That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.
It appears to me we haven't learned very much.
Every asset of the nation must be applied to the conflict to bring about a quick and successful outcome, or don't do it. We're in the midst of another struggle where it appears to me we haven't learned very much.
Major Clark is one of the most outstanding officers of his grade in the U.S. Army... an officer of impeccable character with a rare blend of personal qualities and professional attributes which uniquely qualify him as a soldier-scholar.
There are about half a billion people around the world who use e-mail to 5 billion.
Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.
I am in control here, in the White House.
That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.
A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.
What the fundamentalists are doing is a total negation of their own faith - encouraging and lionizing suicide bombers and killing women and children, hardly in keeping with the teachings of Prophet Mohammed.
More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.
In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.
Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants to transfer the helm to the vice president, he will do so. As for now, I'm in control here, in the White House, pending the return of the vice president and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course.
Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.