After 37 years in the Navy, there were no further jobs in uniform, and it was my time to transition. But I wanted to continue to mentor and educate young people, which is, of course, a big part of being a senior officer in the military.

James G. Stavridis

The most important thing I learned was the value of personal friendships and working cooperatively with your peers - the Academy has a saying, 'cooperate to graduate,' and that remains a very important central core in my thinking today.

James G. Stavridis

In the 20th century, we built a lot of walls - we endlessly tried to build walls between us and people we perceived, correctly or incorrect, as our enemies. In the 21st century, because of the advent of networks, the free movement of goods and people across the globe, we need to build security by building bridges instead of building walls.

James G. Stavridis

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

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 numbers began to increase until they surpassed 100 a year in the late 2000s.

James G. Stavridis

Controlling President Trump seems incredibly difficult.

James G. Stavridis

Getting enough sleep makes us better family members, friends, lovers, drivers, writers, cooks, and pretty much everything else that is of importance in our lives.

James G. Stavridis

Rested commanders are the best commanders.

James G. Stavridis

All of the military services - land, sea, and air - spend a great deal of time awake. This is a direct result of the high tempo of operations we conduct while forward deployed well outside our national borders.

James G. Stavridis

It seems Russians hacked into emails from both the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee and then chose to release only the DNC emails. These attacks destabilize and undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral process, and they must be addressed in a serious and proportional way - just as we would for a non-cyberattack.

James G. Stavridis

Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive.

James G. Stavridis

As cyberweapons and cyberattacks increase in scale and intensity, it will be difficult to defend against them all.

James G. Stavridis

If we discover through a thorough and unbiased investigation that Russia has indeed attacked our electoral process directly with the intent to influencing the process, our response needs to be robust, rapid, and proportional. This will shape our relationship with Russia profoundly.

James G. Stavridis

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 seeking visas to our nation.

James G. Stavridis

Russian strategy seems to center on maintaining Putin's popularity at home; building a strong military capacity in special forces, nuclear weapons, and advanced submarines; pressuring nearby nations to join various defense and customs pacts dominated by Russia; and pushing back on the U.S. wherever convenient.

James G. Stavridis

I grew up as a baseball player, and given my modest size, it was always clear that I would end up playing in the infield.

James G. Stavridis

As a geographic location, Greece offers the best bases in the NATO Alliance from which to operate in the trouble spots of the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

James G. Stavridis

Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia.

James G. Stavridis

It is an ambitious agenda, but the approach to Russia should be, 'Confront where we must, but cooperate where we can.'

James G. Stavridis

James G. Stavridis Quotes

After 37 years in the Navy, there were no further jobs in uniform, and it was my time to transition. But I wanted to continue to mentor and educate young people, which is, of course, a big part of being a senior officer in the military.

The most important thing I learned was the value of personal friendships and working cooperatively with your peers - the Academy has a saying, 'cooperate to graduate,' and that remains a very important central core in my thinking today.

The NATO treaty is crystal clear on this one: An attack on one nation shall be regarded as an attack on all of them.

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 numbers began to increase until they surpassed 100 a year in the late 2000s.

Controlling President Trump seems incredibly difficult.

Getting enough sleep makes us better family members, friends, lovers, drivers, writers, cooks, and pretty much everything else that is of importance in our lives.

Rested commanders are the best commanders.

All of the military services - land, sea, and air - spend a great deal of time awake. This is a direct result of the high tempo of operations we conduct while forward deployed well outside our national borders.

Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive.

As cyberweapons and cyberattacks increase in scale and intensity, it will be difficult to defend against them all.

If we discover through a thorough and unbiased investigation that Russia has indeed attacked our electoral process directly with the intent to influencing the process, our response needs to be robust, rapid, and proportional. This will shape our relationship with Russia profoundly.

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 seeking visas to our nation.

I grew up as a baseball player, and given my modest size, it was always clear that I would end up playing in the infield.

As a geographic location, Greece offers the best bases in the NATO Alliance from which to operate in the trouble spots of the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia.

It is an ambitious agenda, but the approach to Russia should be, 'Confront where we must, but cooperate where we can.'