Defense spending Quotes

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.

— Ben Shapiro

I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no…

— Barack Obama

The last four secretaries of defense have pointed out that defense spending creates jobs. So do pornography, prostitution, and narcotics.

— Michael Parenti

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

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

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

The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities ... We pay for…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

— Rand Paul

“Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.”

— Alfred Bester

[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

After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.

— Jeff Flake

Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion,…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski