American people Quote by Michael Parenti

President [ Dwight] Eisenhower warned us, five star general, he said watch out for the military-industrial complex. That's a threat to our freedom, to…

— Ralph Nader

Washington's impulsive use of power is a danger to America and to the world.

— Paul Craig Roberts

The U.S. should stop garrisoning the globe, subsidizing rich friends, and reconstructing poor enemies. Instead, it's about time Washington focused on defending America and…

— Doug Bandow

Not every threat to America's national interests can be addressed with military power.

— Richard N. Haass

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.

— Rand Paul

I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away. And, as…

— John F. Kerry

We provide an enormous amount of resources, particularly with regard to military resources, to countries all over the world. And in many cases, those…

— Mike Pence

To make the world safe for those who own it, politically active elements of the owning class have created a national security state that…

— Michael Parenti

You can't tell me that all the wars we are fighting are in America's national security interest.

— Todd Rokita

The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordinary deceit, then…

— Noam Chomsky

“It is no accident, then, that each of our major wars has served to enhance the power of government in Washington: the Civil War,…

— Edward S. Greenberg

The reality is, the United States has global interests. Our defense budget is about the same as the defense budgets or military budgets of…

— Robert M. Gates