Defense spending as a share of the economy dropped significantly during the early 1990s, and that was one of the things, along… — Peter Orszag Copy Share Image
Family-related social expenditures should not be a lower priority than defense-spending. As a country, Japan attaches great importance to it. — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will. — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
The last four secretaries of defense have pointed out that defense spending creates jobs. So do pornography, prostitution, and narcotics. — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The most cost-effective move we could make in defense spending would be to shift the focus of CIA operations, giving this agency… — John P. Wheeler III Copy Share Image
After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control. — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists,… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
OK, so $1 trillion is what it costs to run the federal government for one year. So this money's going to run… — Susan Davis Copy Share Image
[Hillary Clinton] is talking about sequester. She's talking about defense spending freezes. He's talking about releasing this sequester, increasing defense spending, increasing… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
Conservatives should insist that defense spending be examined with the same seriousness that we demand in examining the books of those government… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
In 1940, then-Senator Harry Truman headed up a Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. In the course of World… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities ... We pay for… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not 'cutting' anything. Defense spending under this… — Craig L. Thomas Copy Share Image
After many, many years of decline in defense spending across Europe and Canada, in 2016, we saw the first significant increase. We… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image