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“estimate that by the time I left the Agency, I reduced the amount of paperwork coming to my desk for approval by somewhere between 40 percent and 70 percent. By eliminating myself as a choke point, the Agency got better and faster. I had delegated responsibility to leaders who were good enough to own it. And I could apply more of my energies to the items that truly mattered”
― Mike Pompeo, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

“but if you learn to be faithful in the small things, you’ll be faithful in the big ones.”
― Mike Pompeo, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

“而且沒錯，維尼和習近平還確實有點像。”
― Mike Pompeo, 絕不讓步：龐培歐回憶錄

“It convinces other nations and people that America seeks to engage with them in a spirit of friendship and freedom, not intimidation and domination.”
― Mike Pompeo, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

“香港仍是我的另一個未竟之業。在維護香港人民自由的努力上失敗，至今仍是我回憶中的一個痛楚。”
― Mike Pompeo, 絕不讓步：龐培歐回憶錄

“I scrutinized the world’s most sensitive intelligence, which confirmed that our planet is a messy one, filled with wild, evil people.”
― Mike Pompeo, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

“he could not. We had to develop a much higher tolerance for risk. I knew the American people would respect this approach if we did it right. Americans”
― Mike Pompeo, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

“no matter the nation or its system of government, a person who rises to the top of the pile usually has demonstrated some level of excellence as an orator, thinker, politician, warrior, or bureaucratic knife fighter.”
― Mike Pompeo, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

“Justice Thomas looked directly at his Senate accusers and uttered these words: “I would rather die than withdraw. I will not be scared. I’ve never run from”
― Mike Pompeo, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

“America is where grinders of no special background or privilege can rise like nowhere else.”
― Mike Pompeo, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love