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I've done dumb things.
I'm a very free market guy.
Limited government is best.
Any systems can always be made better.
We need to privatize whenever possible.
I'm a strong supporter of the military.
Sometimes motorists do irrational things.
Training for any difficult job is essential.
Russia is basically Italy with nuclear weapons.
We have done great work for the U.S. government.
Afghanistan is an expensive disaster for America.
I'm a pretty stubborn guy. I don't quit too easily.
Bad things usually don't happen by themselves in Iraq.
Let's stop trading freedom for the illusion of security.
I give people ideas on how to solve intractable problems.
I never intended to be a defense contractor in the first place.
Readiness is an oft-mentioned - but frequently ignored - necessity.
Any time you employ thousands of people, some people do dumb things.
Why should I pay for business? Fly coach, you arrive at the same time.
C'mon now, I'm not going to make it easy for the terrorists to get me.
The establishment, rigged, cozy system inside the beltway is not America.
I'm not a huge believer that government provides a whole lot of solutions.
America is a great nation, but it cannot spend blood and treasure endlessly.
If the Chinese are sensitive about anything, it's not having their people die.
There are some phone calls where it's not even worth wasting the electrons on.
If someone is doing that, saving the customer money, is making a profit so bad?
We now know that gun-free zones, though well intentioned, do not prevent attacks.
China trading with its neighbours and building infrastructure brings only benefits.
I will support vigorously whoever commits to reduce the size of government the most.
My dad built his business by providing products he figured the customers would want.
I've been overtly and covertly serving America since I started in the armed services.
I believe there is significant overreach by the NSA in how it monitors American citizens.
I built Blackwater to stay connected to the SEAL teams and to serve that whole community.
Unfortunately, I kind of split between Virginia and living in an airplane. I travel a lot.
Like Vietnam, Afghanistan was never about troop levels; it is about how troops are utilized.
I'm a business guy just trying to make - provide great services to the customers that need us.
We're trying to do for the national security apparatus what FedEx did for the postal service.
I can relate to ranchers and roughnecks and professional game guides and farmers and homemakers.
I started a private equity fund and we invest in energy, mining, agriculture kind of things in Africa.
I'm no hero. The world knows all too well about my mistakes. But I was never meant to play the villain.
If I could send a message back to my younger self, it would be: Do not work for the State Department at all.
Some of the most dedicated, most passionate people I've ever met have been part of the United States armed forces.
It's amazing how many countries run their embassies as commercial outposts to promote businessmen from their country.
I'm going to teach high school. History and economics. I may even coach wrestling. Hey, Indiana Jones taught school, too.
We have kind of turned our back on the fact that hard work, sacrifice, risk-taking, innovation, is what made America great.
I'm a practicing Roman Catholic, but you don't have to be Catholic, you don't have to be a Christian to work for Blackwater.
I think the diplomatic-security needs in Iraq were an anomaly. There's never been a bulge of requirements that large ever before.
My father was a brilliant inventor and businessman. He taught me to appreciate the opportunities that America offers to innovators.
In Joe Yorio you find a guy who's smarter at business than I am. I'm an entrepreneur and idea guy; he's a professional businessman.
I am a businessman, not a politician, but I am also a proud American who would never do anything against my country's national interest.