National Defense Quotes

• Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Used, Clear

  Address to British Parliament, delivered 8 June 1982, Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster, London

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• To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Leadership, Motivation

  1790 First Annual Address, 8 Jan.

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• The National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.

  John Adams

  Defense, Cardinals, Duty

  "The military policy of the United States". Book by Emory Upton, 1912.

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• Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Mean, Defense, Purpose

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.59, Modern Library

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• National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman, and that there is an obligation to perform such a duty absolutely irrespective of party politics or factional differences.

  John Adams

  Party, Differences, Voting

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• Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, War

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1789-1792”, p.89, Cosimo, Inc.

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• National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people.

  Kim Jong Il

  People, Defense, Politics

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A truly successful army is one that, because of its strength and ability and dedication, will not be called upon to fight, for no one will dare to provoke it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Fighting, Successful, Army

  RONALD REAGAN: (1984). “A MAN TRUE TO HIS WORD”

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• It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

  Joseph Story

  War, Mean, Important

  Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.415

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• There is not a single person in the national defense apparatus of this country that can guarantee you are going to be 100 percent right. And that's why as president, I'll take this very seriously.

  Marco Rubio

  Country, President, Defense

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.

  Ron Paul

  Running, Strong, Hard Work

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• Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.

  James Madison

  Essentials, Unions, Danger

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2016). “The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government”, p.220, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Ronald Reagans vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves.

  David Vitter

  Confidence, Strong, Military

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• There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly.

  Ron Paul

  Strong, War, Believe

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• I represent what I think is a traditional Republican... a limited government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual freedom and liberty.

  Olympia Snowe

  Strong, Responsibility, Thinking

  "Frustrated Senator Olympia Snowe Gives Obama an ‘F’" by Jonathan Karl, Richard Coolidge and Sherisse Pham, www.yahoo.com. March 27, 2012.

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• Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family, and a strong national defense. These three legs do not merely represent a political coalition; they are three necessary components of a strong and secure America.

  Frank Gaffney

  Strong, America, Government

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• A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.

  James Madison

  Imagination, Events, Visionaries

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• There's nothing wrong with being fired.

  Ted Turner

  Lonely, Strong Women, Loneliness

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• There's nothing wrong with being a large mammal.

  Jim Morrison

  Mammals

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• The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace.

  Thomas Jefferson

  War, Giving, Desire

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.77, Algora Publishing

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• Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as comports with the dignity and security of a great people.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Country, Military, People

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1925

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• National Defense is not a threat to peace; it is the guarantee of peace with freedom.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  War, Defense, Guarantees

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• Let me remind you that you have a two-fold task to perform. With the force of arms and at the cost of your blood you will have to win liberty. Then, when India is free, you will have to organize the permanent army of Free India, whose task it will be to preserve our liberty for all time. We must build up our national defense on such an unshakable foundation that never again in our history shall we lose our freedom.

  Subhas Chandra Bose

  Army, Winning, Blood

  Subhas Chandra Bose (2007). “Chalo Delhi: writings and speeches, 1943-1945”

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• National defense is the usual pretext for the policy of fleecing the people.

  John Taylor of Caroline

  Peace, War, People

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• The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin to a zeal for liberty more ardent than enlightened.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Mean, Ideas, Liberty

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2016). “The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government”, p.140, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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