Bipartisan Quote by Donald Trump

We will build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies.…

— Donald Trump

On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at…

— Ray Mabus

We had 600 ships, a 600 ship Navy under [Ronald] Reagan. We're down to 200 now [in 2016].

— Rush Limbaugh

I'll stick to building ships.

— George Steinbrenner

We will start by modernizing our cruisers to provide the ballistic missile defense capability our nation needs. This will cost around $220 million per…

— Donald Trump

We will build an Air Force of at least 1,200 fighter aircraft, which the Heritage Foundation again has shown to be needed to execute…

— Donald Trump

Scaling back the U.S. fleet of 14 nuclear-armed submarines to eight would maintain a robust deterrent at sea while generating billions in savings and…

— Mike Quigley

That is one of the benefits. It's called "jobs for our country" which we desperately need. As we expand our Navy toward the goal…

— Donald Trump

A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we…

— Woodrow Wilson

We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all…

— Gavin MacLeod

I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home.…

— Ron Paul

Even if the technology advances, I don't expect we will be allowed to sail around with 400-meter long container ships weighing 200,000 tonnes without…

— Soren Skou