Administration Quote by Chuck Hagel

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

— John Rawls

That's what separates out American democracy from dictators and horrible governments across the world and the reason why that works is that we have…

— Charles R. Chamberlain

We have a sufficient political class, and the military doesn't have to get involved in high national office. The days of doing that, post-Civil…

— Jack Keane

The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.

— Hank Johnson

In general, it should be in our interest to get organizations out of military activity and into politics.

— Jonas Gahr Store

When it comes to the military, we have no choice. We cannot have a depleted military.

— Donald Trump

There's an ocean of misunderstanding. It's called the civilian-military divide. I had a lot to learn about our military - who they are, what…

— Mary Gauthier

You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do with military…

— Robin McKinley

I believe military force can be used to redress or change the balance of power in the world, but I think that that's always…

— Pierre Trudeau

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have…

— Barack Obama

If we're serious about America's leadership in the world, then we need to make sure that we have the back of the armed forces.

— Jeb Bush

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but…

— Anonymous