Quotes from Joe Sestak

Amateurs do tactics, experts do logistics, as we learn in the military.

The way forward in the Middle East, as it has been around the world and throughout history, is communication. There must be direct talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, mediated by the United States.

People ask me if I'm liberal or conservative. I say neither - I'm pragmatic.

Everybody in the military is a Democrat. They just don't know it.

The Democratic Party isn't any good unless they know it's about people!

Americans know that we have more in common than we do differences.

During my years in the Navy and in the White House, I was involved in assessing how a war with Iran would go. In summary: It would be ugly.

I don't look at Israel through the prism of running an election.

In the military, we just don't leave fights.

For far too long we have continued to mark our military prowess by the size of our forces: believing that numbers of ships, planes, and brigades is what most matters - just like during the Cold War.

Having served in the military, I know that militaries can stop a problem, but they can't fix a problem.

I fought for the rule of law in America.

Look, it's no longer about capacity, how many ships, how many air wings, how many battalions. It's about capability. If we dominate cyber space and know and can read the other guy's mail, and with a very accurate laser-guided munitions put it in this window or that window, it's not how much, it's knowing exactly where to pinpoint a target.

We can improve the military at less cost and with increased capability. It's not acceptable to keep investing in structure when we would be wiser to invest in dominating the new warfare domain of cyberspace.

Before the CFPB, there was no single agency or entity within the federal government tasked with protecting Americans from predatory or negligent practices of banks, credit card companies, mortgage lenders, payday lenders, credit rating agencies and other financial service businesses.

Instead of measuring military readiness in terms of overall size and numbers, we must focus on metrics of capability, particularly in technology, and positioning.

How do you govern by captaining the ship? How do you win without the trust of the crew?

Executive privilege is nowhere to be found in the Constitution, and thus is a very limited principle.

Nuclear power can continue to help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, but we must do everything we can to make it safer.

I favor every worker having access to a retirement savings account, and there are various options for doing this. I do support states implementing their own plans, and I expect them to play an important role in increasing retirement savings for young professionals especially.

Your U.S. military has the best child care in the nation. Full, paid family and medical leave benefits. Why aren't we doing that to empower our workforce?

We need to restore U.S. leadership to a world order that is rules-based in order to protect our American dream here at home.

I want to restore U.S. leadership within a rules-based liberal world order that collectively holds nations accountable for their illiberal behavior, whether in foreign or domestic spheres.

Human rights in China should absolutely play a role in broader U.S. policy toward China. When we look the other way on fundamental issues of human rights, we are also responsible.