Defense Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt Download Open image “Preparation for defense is an inalienable prerogative of a sovereign state.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Defense Preparation Prerogative Sovereign States
Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best,… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
“The Department of Defense is structured to plan and prepare for war but not to fight one.” — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle. — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
[In the case of] dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
With many sovereign states, with no system of law enforceable among them, with each state judging its grievances and ambitions according to the dictates… — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
The state should avoid all solicitude for the positive welfare of its citizens, and not proceed a step further than is necessary for their… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in… — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
Unilateral preemption should not in any way be the model for how we conduct international relations. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Armies under the control of ... a sovereign State cannot bring freedom to anyone. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of Russia... — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture,… — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
On the McLaughlin Report, August 26, 1990: 'There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the middle East, the… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
You say I have a bad attitude. But have you ever stopped to check yours? — Tasha Marie Copy Share Image
Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
He should release the tax returns tomorrow. It's crazy. You've got to release six, eight, ten years back tax returns. Take the hit for… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
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