Latest Nikki Haley Quotes from Interviews

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• The civilized world must remain united and vigilant against the rogue state's development of a nuclear arsenal. We will never accept a nuclear North Korea.

  Nikki Haley

  World, Accepting, North Korea

• We won't take any of the talks seriously if they don't do something to ban all nuclear weapons in North Korea. We consider this to be a very reckless regime. We don't think we need a Band-Aid, and we don't think we need to smile and take a picture. We think that we need to have the, stop nuclear weapons, and they need to stop it now. So, North Korea can talk with anyone they want, but the US. is not going to recognize it or acknowledge it, until they agree to ban the nuclear weapons that they have.

  Nikki Haley

  Thinking, Reckless, North Korea

• Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important, one is, push through the fear.

  Nikki Haley

  Important, Uncomfortable

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I don't feel like President Trump doesn't listen to me on Russia. If he had a problem with what I'm saying, he would say something. And he hasn't.

  Nikki Haley

  President, Problem, Listen To Me

  Source: www.glamour.com

• All of the men have been very respectful of me. And that's what I want. They don't have to like you. But as long as they respect you, that's really important. When I speak, I'm listened to. And when I try to move the ball, I do.

  Nikki Haley

  Moving, Men, Long

  Source: www.glamour.com

• When you're offered a job to serve your country, you step back and assess. And once I spoke with President Trump and told him what I thought I needed to be successful - which was to be a Cabinet member; to be on the National Security Council, where I could be a part of the policy decisions; and to be able to say what I wanted to say - how do you not do that job? He was incredibly supportive. He's continued to be. I love a good challenge, and this certainly has been that.

  Nikki Haley

  Country, Successful, Decision

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I love this country. And when you are given an opportunity to help your country, in what is one of the most volatile times we've seen in a long time, there's no way I'm not going to step up to do everything I can and make us strong.

  Nikki Haley

  Country, Strong, Opportunity

  Source: www.glamour.com

• My parents didn't want us on the streets or in trouble, so they thought the best thing was to have us work. I saw how we had to, during bad times, stretch the dollar. And during good times, we couldn't spend it, because you never knew when the bad times were going to happen again. It gave me a great respect for how hard it is to make money.

  Nikki Haley

  Parent, Good Times, Making Money

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I was never that kid that wanted to be in politics. What happened was, I graduated with a degree in accounting. I came back home to the family business. I saw how hard it was to make a ­dollar, and how easy it was for the government to take it. And my mom said, "Quit complaining about it. Do something about it."

  Nikki Haley

  Mom, Home, Kids

  Source: www.glamour.com

• The president Donald Trump understands, we have to get unity across the world. We really have to make sure that we're doing everything we can to unify everyone against ISIS.

  Nikki Haley

  Unity, President, World

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think what you are seeing is Donald Trump is making an amazing first trip. He's going to Saudi Arabia, he's going to Israel and he's going to Rome. Think about that - three of the strongest religions. He's going to go together, talk to all of them. And his message is going to be about unity. He is going to show what American leadership looks like, because those are areas of the world that have questioned it.

  Nikki Haley

  Thinking, Unity, Together

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I assume I'm being taped everywhere, so I never worry about that.

  Nikki Haley

  Worry, Assuming

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think when you take the job, you automatically assume that you work for the president. And you are part of a team. And loyalty is a big thing. It's, you know, as a former governor, I can tell you, loyalty and trust is everything when you're a CEO. And so I can totally understand why Donald Trump is looking for loyalty and trust.

  Nikki Haley

  Loyalty, Team, Thinking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I mean loyalty - you know, look, first we serve the people. I've always looked at that. You serve the people first. But having said that, you never forget who's in charge. You never forget who the CEO of a country is when you decide to serve. And so everyone works at the pleasure of the president. And that's what, you know, we have to remember is if he doesn't feel comfortable, he can do something about it.

  Nikki Haley

  Loyalty, Country, Mean

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think raise doubts that's what Russians are doing around the world. I think they're trying to do that. I think they're trying to cause everything to be in question. We see them playing in a lot of different elections and trying to do that, because that's all they've got.

  Nikki Haley

  Thinking, Doubt, Trying

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• The reason people are uncomfortable is because Donald Trump acts. He doesn't talk with a bunch of people about it before, he just acts.

  Nikki Haley

  People, Reason, Uncomfortable

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• There's never a good time to fire someone. That's not something that anybody is - that's never going to play out well. But at the end of the day, the president has to surround himself with a team that he can trust. Donald Trump is going to surround himself with a team that he thinks is going to represent and secure the United States properly.

  Nikki Haley

  Team, Thinking, President

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think what you can see is this is a president of action. I mean Donald Trump is not one that's going to sit there and talk for too long. If he thinks someone is wrong, he's going to deal with it.

  Nikki Haley

  Mean, Thinking, Long

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• What Donald Trump is trying to do is find his own team, figure out how he's going to do it. But we have to remember, he can hire and fire anybody else that he wants to do.

  Nikki Haley

  Team, Trying, Remember

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I love the fact that I'm in New York, because I'm away from all of that. It's very unusual for any of my counterparts here in New York to talk about domestic issues. I enjoy not having to be close to those things in DC. But what I can tell you is the president Donald Trump is the CEO of the country. He can hire and fire whoever he wants. That's his right. Whether you agree with it or not, it's the truth.

  Nikki Haley

  Country, President, Unusual

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• What we are is serious. And you see us in action, so it's not in personas. It's in actions and it's what we do. And that's why Russia was left on an island when it came to Syria. Everyone else isolated them with their connection with Bashar Assad and Iran.

  Nikki Haley

  Serious, Action, Persona

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think what we're seeing is that they're testing each other. Russia is testing us, we're testing them, it's part of just, you know, the new president Donald Trump coming in and President Vladimir Putin having to figure out his place.

  Nikki Haley

  Thinking, President

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think that, you know, Russia is full of themselves. They've always been full of themselves. But that's - it's more of a facade that they try and show as opposed to anything else.

  Nikki Haley

  Thinking, Trying, Facade

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• There's a lot of sanctions left that we can start to do, whether it's with oil, whether it's with energy, whether it's with their maritime ships, exports, we can do a lot of different things that we haven't done yet. What we have to do is send a strong, unified message to North Korea that this nuclear tests unacceptable. And I think the international community do that.

  Nikki Haley

  Strong, Thinking, Community

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think the Russians are trying to figure out what to do. I don't think they know what to do with our president Donald Trump. I don't think they know what to do with the situation. They've been isolated when it comes to Syria and they're trying to figure out what their place in the world is going to be.

  Nikki Haley

  Thinking, Trying, President

  Source: abcnews.go.com