All state Quote by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

One needs to redistribute and restructure expenditures in favour of infrastructure, education and so on. Such military expenditures are heavy to carry.

— Anton Siluanov

In 1995, world military spending totaled nearly $800 billion. If we redirected just $40 billion of those resources over the next 10 years to…

— Óscar Arias

If we reduced the military expenses in 10 percent of the world, we would have enough money to save millions of lives in this world.

— Hugo Chavez

According to the National Priorities Project, military expenditures are 54% of the budget. The next biggest line item is 7%. And there are a…

— Jill Stein

World military spending has now risen to over $1.2 trillion. This incredible sum represents 2.5 per cent of GDP (global gross domestic product). Even…

— Ban Ki-moon

Does it sound outrageous to you that military spending for fiscal year 2000 will be almost $290 billion and all other domestic discretionary spending,…

— Dale Bumpers

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

— Jim Talent

Global military spending levels constitute an unconscionable use of resources and remain at an all-time high, reaching a total of USD 1.75 trillion in…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

I urge Governments to considerably reduce funds allocated to the military, not only as a disarmament issue, but also as a potential contributor to…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.

— Rand Paul

At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted for spending reform, but in a targeted fashion…

— Pete Hegseth

We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman