In any insurgency there will be people who are irreconcilable and who pose a clear and present threat to the U.S. and our allies.

- James G. Stavridis

Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of …

- James G. Stavridis

None of the threats to the global commons will be solved by building walls.

- James G. Stavridis

Wikipedia, every day, is tens of thousands of people inputting information, and every day millions of people withdrawing that information. It's a per…

- James G. Stavridis

Walls don't work. ... Instead of building walls to create security, we need to build bridges.

- James G. Stavridis

I am a huge consumer of social networks, and I utilize Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I'm interested and am learning more about Tumblr and other vi…

- James G. Stavridis

Some have called Afghanistan 'the graveyard of empires,' and it probably is the graveyard of empires.

- James G. Stavridis

When I get up, the first thing I do is open up Gmail and check my personal email.

- James G. Stavridis

Life is not an on and off switch. You don't have to have a military that is either in hard combat or is in the barracks.

- James G. Stavridis