Armed forces Quote by Max Lerner

“Defending democracy" also sounds fine; but to defend democracy by military means, one must be militarily efficient and one cannot become militarily efficient without…

— Aldous Huxley

We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy.

— John McCain

Our military offensive is indispensable, since force must be met by force. But our social offensive is the extra weapon which the enemy cannot…

— Ramon Magsaysay

Our Armed Forces, past and present have already waited too long for us to protect them.

— Penny Mordaunt

Our armed forces don't just do something. They are something. They are the embodiment of hope and of our values.

— Penny Mordaunt

The safety and security of our democracy demands competent civilian control of our armed forces, the subordination of military power to the civil. I…

— Lloyd Austin

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

We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.

— Jerry Bruckheimer

The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state.

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

We have an obligation to ensure our service members are protected, our national defense is resilient, and our forces are well-equipped.

— Mikie Sherrill

We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force.

— Barack Obama

I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores.

— Jerry Bruckheimer