Peter Pace famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I can tell you categorically that any mal-treatment of any detainees by U.S. forces or coalition forces is totally unacceptable - that our orders have and will continue to be that we will treat everyone in our charge with - humanely and with respect.
-- Peter Pace

#Order #Force #Coalitions
Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants.
-- Peter Pace

#Marine #Fighting #Want
I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.
-- Peter Pace

#Believe #Way #United States
The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.
-- Peter Pace

#Country #Iraq #Lines
From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.
-- Peter Pace

#Judging #Soldier #Friendly
We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty.
-- Peter Pace

#Loyalty #Fighting #Leader
There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.
-- Peter Pace

#Leadership #Battle #Offensive
Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.
-- Peter Pace

#Leadership #Facts
I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts. [...] I do not believe that the armed forces are well served by saying through our policies that it's OK to be immoral in any way, not just with regards to homosexual acts.
-- Peter Pace

#Believe #Way #Individual
I have sworn to uphold the Constitution ... and a free press is absolutely vital to the freedom of this country.
-- Peter Pace

#Country #Constitution #Free Press

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