Adequacy Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?

— Patrick Henry

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

— Jim Talent

What we need is a strong defense, but right now there is zero chance of an invasion by another country and right now we…

— Ron Paul

One of the real costs of the war is that our security is actually less than it otherwise would have been - ironic, since…

— Joseph Stiglitz

“For while a weapons capability is clearly required in our unstable and aggressive world, the scale of defence spending in countries both under threat…

— Andrew Feinstein

While I wholeheartedly support finding cost savings through efficiencies in all areas of the federal government, including defense, I will resist any actions that…

— Doug Lamborn

we ought to realize by now (see Korea, see Vietnam, see Afghanistan, see Iraq, see Iran) that deploying the US military, or dealing billions…

— Rachel Maddow

Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on…

— Steve Forbes

“This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political,…

— Dwight David Eisenhower

Our defence capabilities are critical to securing our interests and guarding our way of life, and they must be properly funded.

— Penny Mordaunt

Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for…

— Ronald Reagan

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