Arms Quote by Patrick Henry

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the…

— Patrick Henry

We need an adequate defense, but every arms dollar we spend above adequacy has a long-term weakening effect upon the nation and its security.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our…

— Chester W. Nimitz

“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

We are soldiers who devote ourselves to arms not for the invasion of other countries, but for the defense of our own, not for…

— Nathanael Greene

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is Mortifying to suppose it possible that a people able and zealous to contend with the Enemy should be reduced to fold their…

— Thomas Jefferson

We've allowed our military to decay, and we project weakness on the international stage.

— Rick Scott

The United States military is now evolving geometrically as it gains experience from near-constant fighting and grafts new technology daily. Indeed, it seems to…

— Victor Davis Hanson

I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, what it does it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood up to…

— Ron Paul

The armed struggle is not ending just now. We are upholding a ceasefire. We have our arms with us.

— Robert Mugabe