--- title: "13 Security Adviser Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 13 Security Adviser quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Security Adviser sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/leon-panetta-7577_ability_i-think-a-quality-that-a-national-securi_378124.jpg" --- > [I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-panetta/i-think-a-quality-that-a-national-security-adviser-must-have-is-the/) [Leon Panetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-panetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/leon-panetta-7577_ability_i-think-a-quality-that-a-national-securi_378124.jpg) > [ National security adviser is not a position that requires confirmation. This is a pick that like \[Donald Trump\] Chief of Staff, he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/national-security-adviser-is-not-a-position-that-requires/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_adviser_national-security-adviser-is-not-a-posit_3022825.jpg) > [I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-broadwell/i-had-been-sort-of-a-rising-star-an-athlete-a-scholar-a-leader-my/) [Paula Broadwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-broadwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/paula-broadwell-12073_adviser_i-had-been-sort-of-a-rising-star-an-athl_1853494.jpg) > [ I think General \[Mike\] Flynn is probably the top contender for that job \[of national security adviser\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-stephanopoulos/i-think-general-mike-flynn-is-probably-the-top-contender-for-that-job/) [George Stephanopoulos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-stephanopoulos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/george-stephanopoulos-7418_adviser_i-think-general-mike-flynn-is-probably-t_2124787.png) > [One of the principal qualities that you need as national security adviser is trust, the trust of the president. And that depends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-panetta/one-of-the-principal-qualities-that-you-need-as-national-security/) [Leon Panetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-panetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cda/leon-panetta-7577_adviser_one-of-the-principal-qualities-that-you_1020914.jpg) > [Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-michaels/condoleezza-rice-the-national-security-adviser-is-right-there-she-s/) [Al Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/al-michaels-19066_adviser_condoleezza-rice-the-national-security-a_2839449.jpg) > [My job as the national security adviser is to distill and present to the president the views and options that come from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-c-o-brien/my-job-as-the-national-security-adviser-is-to-distill-and-present-to/) [Robert C. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-c-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/robert-c-o-brien-5596_adviser_my-job-as-the-national-security-adviser_554371.jpg) > [Michael Flynn is the national security adviser working next to the president, so in his time that he was the national security…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lankford/michael-flynn-is-the-national-security-adviser-working-next-to-the/) [James Lankford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lankford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/james-lankford-31066_cybersecurity_michael-flynn-is-the-national-security-a_3231814.png) > [The National Security Act of 1947 - which established the National Security Council - laid the foundation for a deliberate, multitiered process,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-blinken/the-national-security-act-of-1947-which-established-the-national/) [Antony Blinken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-blinken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/antony-blinken-6122_debate_the-national-security-act-of-1947-which_499720.jpg) > [The National Security Adviser is supposed to be an arbiter of policy and open minded in internal debates. But the playing field…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/the-national-security-adviser-is-supposed-to-be-an-arbiter-of-policy/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/seymour-hersh-9648_adviser_the-national-security-adviser-is-suppose_1663986.jpg) > [I'm just learning that according to a source familiar with the transition process, President-elect Donald Trump intends to select Lieutenant General Michael…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/i-m-just-learning-that-according-to-a-source-familiar-with-the/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_adviser_i-m-just-learning-that-according-to-a-so_348439.jpg) > [The extraordinary thing that we saw here is the incoming national security adviser, Michael Flynn, basically having a text messages back and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-vanden-heuvel/the-extraordinary-thing-that-we-saw-here-is-the-incoming-national/) [Katrina vanden Heuvel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-vanden-heuvel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/katrina-vanden-heuvel-22039_adviser_the-extraordinary-thing-that-we-saw-here_844054.jpg) > [Steve Hadley, that's an outlier, for sure. But he's very experienced. He may be national security adviser, but think that would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-stephanopoulos/steve-hadley-that-s-an-outlier-for-sure-but-he-s-very-experienced-he/) [George Stephanopoulos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-stephanopoulos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/george-stephanopoulos-7418_adviser_steve-hadley-that-s-an-outlier-for-sure_1293699.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/security-adviser/#itemlist", "name": "Security Adviser Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leon Panetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-panetta/i-think-a-quality-that-a-national-security-adviser-must-have-is-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/leon-panetta-7577_ability_i-think-a-quality-that-a-national-securi_378124.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/leon-panetta-7577_ability_i-think-a-quality-that-a-national-securi_378124.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/leon-panetta-7577_ability_i-think-a-quality-that-a-national-securi_378124.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.” — Leon Panetta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "National security adviser is not a position that requires confirmation. 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