Michael Mullen

Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than…

— Michael Mullen

I worry a little bit about - quote - "regime change." We haven't had a great deal of success with that in…

— Michael Mullen

Some 70% to 80% of all who join the military will return to the civilian workforce. They'll return to communities, and one…

— Michael Mullen

I'm blessed to be in a command position in a Navy this good

— Michael Mullen

The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats.

— Michael Mullen

I'd have no problem serving under any president.

— Michael Mullen

I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their…

— Michael Mullen

I'm very concerned about the nuclear weapons development for Iran and the destabilizing influence it has and they have in that part…

— Michael Mullen

Too often we just look at these glistening successes. Behind them in many, many cases is failure along the way, and that…

— Michael Mullen

When I go there to Afghanistan or Pakistan, the question both asked - and if it's not asked, implied - is, 'Are…

— Michael Mullen

The best day was when we got bin Laden.

— Michael Mullen

I would like America to remember those who have served and those that we've lost and their families.

— Michael Mullen

I've been pretty clear about saying that I think that the No. 1 threat to our national security is our debt. And…

— Michael Mullen

I'm a Vietnam veteran. I was here when there was no public support, not just for the effort in Vietnam, for the…

— Michael Mullen

It is my position that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how…

— Michael Mullen

I was in the military for over 40 years, and one of the principles I kept with me was that there's an…

— Michael Mullen

I'm not a policy and a strategy guy. I'm - you know, the military basically supports what the president wants, the decisions…

— Michael Mullen

We have to stop the killing. We need to let the refugees - we need to let Syrian citizens go home.

— Michael Mullen

The sea is my business.

— Michael Mullen

Mr. Chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would…

— Michael Mullen

No matter the organization, the goal, or the mission, you've got to do it through people. It's been that way for me…

— Michael Mullen

The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not…

— Michael Mullen

As a Naval officer, I've been all over the world, and one of the foundational lessons I learned was that parents everywhere…

— Michael Mullen

There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or,…

— Michael Mullen

One of the reasons that I'm still in the military - or I stayed in the military - is because I think…

— Michael Mullen