14 John F. Kelly Quotes for You to Enjoy

John F. Kelly

American Public Servant

Born: May 11, 1950

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The young people I work with every day and serve the nation in the armed forces in general, and the Marine Corps in particular, have broken the mold and stepped out as men and women of character who are making their own way in life while protecting ours. John F. Kelly

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To lose a child is - I can't imagine anything worse than that. John F. Kelly

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Those with less of a sense of service to the nation never understand it when men and women of character step forward to look danger and adversity straight in the eye, refusing to blink, or give ground, even to their own deaths. The protected can't begin to understand the price paid so they and their families can sleep safe and free at night. John F. Kelly

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I think we could very easily suffer a seriously catastrophic cyber event. John F. Kelly

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Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. Otherwise, the decisions they make could be flawed - and that can be dangerous. John F. Kelly

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I don't agree with registering people based on ethnicity or religion. John F. Kelly

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I've learned that, in many cases, people say, 'I want ground truth,' and they don't really mean it. There are warts all over this organization, as there are in many organizations, but you just have to tell truth to power and let the chips fall where they may. John F. Kelly

The one thing I was always told is you absolutely have to tell truth to power. Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. John F. Kelly

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Given the opportunity to do another 9/11, our vicious enemy would do it today, tomorrow, and every day thereafter. I don't know why they hate us, and I frankly don't care, but they do hate us and are driven irrationally to our destruction. John F. Kelly

If you want to get into the United States, the best way, I believe, is to ride the network. There is no convergence between, say, the criminal networks and the Islamic extremist networks. John F. Kelly

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I do not believe that the Sunni tribes have gone over to the Islamic State. John F. Kelly

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I'm not for the mass collection of data. I go the other way. John F. Kelly

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There will be no use of military forces in immigration. There will be no - repeat, no - mass deportations. John F. Kelly

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