None of the threats to the global commons will be solved by building walls. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Walls don't work. ... Instead of building walls to create security, we need to build bridges. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, we built a lot of walls - we endlessly tried to build walls between us and people we… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
In the 21st century, we can't create security by building walls. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
What's the third largest nation in the world after China and India? It's the Facebook nation - 430 million people on Facebook. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
As a 4-star admiral, I visited over a hundred U.S. embassies all around the world, and I never failed to see lines of locals… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
I spent much of my life - almost 40 years - as a military officer. My specialty was in the part of the Navy… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his way to… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at launching ideas. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
The NATO treaty is crystal clear on this one: An attack on one nation shall be regarded as an attack on all of them. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
After 37 years in the Navy, there were no further jobs in uniform, and it was my time to transition. But I wanted to… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
During the early 1990s, Mexico's domestic political sensitivities meant that it rarely extradited people who had committed crimes in the U.S. After NAFTA, extradition… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
If we discover through a thorough and unbiased investigation that Russia has indeed attacked our electoral process directly with the intent to influencing the… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
The most important thing I learned was the value of personal friendships and working cooperatively with your peers - the Academy has a saying,… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share
