Defense Quote by Herman Kahn

The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.

— Erwin Rommel

It is sad indeed that you have large funds available for wasting on purchase of weapons, but none for spending on public welfare schemes.

— Mak_786

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

The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget.

— Kent Conrad

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

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

A ten per cent reduction in military expenditures per year would be reasonable, coupled with a programme of retraining the workforce and redirecting the…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

[The US] budget is dominated by the retirement programs, Social Security and Medicare - loosely speaking, the post-cold-war federal government is a big pension…

— Paul Krugman

I have long believed there is a lot of waste in the defense budget.

— Bob Beckel

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

— Jim Talent

People living through armed conflicts need infrastructure and services which will last, and the last thing on their mind is which budget line applies.

— Peter Maurer

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