Political Quotes

Pete Hegseth

The Public Record

U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration; Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host.

Quotes by year · 2009–2026549 total · peak 2025 (292)
2009: 1 quote2014: 11 quotes2016: 1 quote2024: 14 quotes2025: 292 quotes2026: 230 quotes
Aug 1, 2026

When you rip out DEI, when you rip out social engineering and social justice and you put in merit, and then you untie the hands of commanders to enforce discipline and accountability, to get back to basics, then you get historic…

whitehouse.gov
Jul 27, 2026

The reality: By going more than 90 days without congressional authorization, IS BREAKING THE LAW and must be held accountable.

theguardian.com
Jul 24, 2026

It’s not about artificial enhancement,” Hegseth said in his video. “It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities, protecting your longevity and ensuring you have the biological foundation required to sustain the fight.

theintercept.com
Jul 23, 2026

The conflict has now cost an estimated $37.5 billion, up from $29 billion in mid-May.

thefp.com
Jul 23, 2026

A lot of our capabilities are classified, but if anybody in the world can reach anything on God’s green Earth, it’s the United States military, the most powerful military in the world.

huffpost.com
Jul 23, 2026

This request is an urgent, necessary injection of resources to address the immediate needs of our department.

huffpost.com
Jul 22, 2026

This is a regime hell-bent on nuclear ambitions.

npr.org
Jul 22, 2026

Training right now and training in the future that would have to be curtailed if we do not get our budget needs met, and met urgently.

npr.org
Jul 22, 2026

Standalone Article II authorities exist for us to conduct this operation on behalf of the defense of the American people.

theguardian.com
Jul 22, 2026

Current and future training would have to be curtailed if the Pentagon does not get its budget needs met urgently.

theguardian.com
Jul 22, 2026

The best way to create peace is to prepare for war, to deter it.

theguardian.com
Jul 22, 2026

The amount of neglect, the amount of stale thinking and bureaucracy; it was staggering when we took over.

foxnews.com