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 · 2009–2026562 total · peak 2025 (292)
2009: 1 quote2014: 11 quotes2016: 1 quote2024: 14 quotes2025: 292 quotes2026: 243 quotes
Oct 20, 2026

For 251 years, Americans have raised their right hand and said, ‘Send me. Send me to fight the redcoats. Send me to fight the Nazis. Send me to fight the communists. Send me to fight the Islamists.’ And now you’ve said, ‘Send me to defend…

huffpost.com
Oct 16, 2026

On hypersonics, they took a nap. On space, they took a nap. On weaponization of space, they took a nap. On drones, they took a nap.

foxnews.com
Oct 9, 2026

It was a radical Islamist attack in uniform inside the ranks, and so he’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be, and we’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand…

theguardian.com
Oct 9, 2026

And it’s gonna be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad.

huffpost.com
Oct 9, 2026

Execution by firing squad. Army major betrays his country, radical Islamist, kills a bunch of Americans at Fort Hood ― of course we’re going to do it at Fort Hood.

huffpost.com
Oct 9, 2026

Don't care. We'll see him on December 3rd.

bbc.co.uk
Oct 9, 2026

Gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be

bbc.co.uk
Oct 9, 2026

We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public — because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things.

cbsnews.com
Oct 9, 2026

He's gonna get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be," Hegseth told Jack Posobiec on Real America's Voice.

cbsnews.com
Oct 8, 2026

The outside world can’t understand this, so stay true to this department. You don’t want to look like civilians, because you are different, you are set apart. You are warriors.

theintercept.com