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Top 25 Alexander Haig Quotes (2025 Update)

Alexander Haig Quote: “Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.”

1. “Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “I am in control here, in the White House.”

2. “I am in control here, in the White House.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “That’s not a lie, it’s a terminological inexactitude.”

3. “That’s not a lie, it’s a terminological inexactitude.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes.”

4. “Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.”

5. “Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.”

6. “The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.”

7. “You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.”

8. “To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “I’m the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.”

9. “I’m the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.”

10. “Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran, Syria, they’re all involved.”

11. “Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran, Syria, they’re all involved.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side that they are exceeding the limits of toleration in the conventional area.”

12. “There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side that they are exceeding the limits of toleration in the conventional area.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “I think that perhaps the classic propagandists of the – in the Second World War was Winston Churchill. He was extremely skilled and adept at it.”

13. “I think that perhaps the classic propagandists of the – in the Second World War was Winston Churchill. He was extremely skilled and adept at it.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.”

14. “In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “The loss of candor is grievous, and in my opinion it may yet prove to be mortal, because if we cannot discuss our problems in plain speech that describes reality, it is unlikely that we will be able to solve them.”

15. “The loss of candor is grievous, and in my opinion it may yet prove to be mortal, because if we cannot discuss our problems in plain speech that describes reality, it is unlikely that we will be able to solve them.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important.”

16. “Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “What the fundamentalists are doing is a total negation of their own faith – encouraging and lionizing suicide bombers and killing women and children, hardly in keeping with the teachings of Prophet Mohammed.”

17. “What the fundamentalists are doing is a total negation of their own faith – encouraging and lionizing suicide bombers and killing women and children, hardly in keeping with the teachings of Prophet Mohammed.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the ’50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself.”

18. “As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the ’50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really after? Simply taking over Islam and then turning its back on modernity.”

19. “If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really after? Simply taking over Islam and then turning its back on modernity.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “I started out as a Cold Warrior, even my last years in grade school.”

20. “I started out as a Cold Warrior, even my last years in grade school.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “I think the new generations in America, the America’s youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don’t want to hear any more about it.”

21. “I think the new generations in America, the America’s youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don’t want to hear any more about it.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage.”

22. “Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.”

23. “More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “The world awaits Beijing’s hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.”

24. “The world awaits Beijing’s hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.”

— Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig Quote: “Sooner or later something had to give. But President Bush, faced with the unprecedented affront of 9-11, could not wait to take action. So he had to do what we were capable of doing, and he did it brilliantly.”

25. “Sooner or later something had to give. But President Bush, faced with the unprecedented affront of 9-11, could not wait to take action. So he had to do what we were capable of doing, and he did it brilliantly.”

— Alexander Haig

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