Defense Quote by Robert M. Gates Download Open image “Defense is not like other discretionary spending.” — Robert M. Gates ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Defense Spending
We cannot allow anything that's called 'national defense' to justify any and all spending. We need to be very, very careful that we don't… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
On discretionary spending, we probably need to do some kind of a freeze except for defense. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Large defense budget in the name of homeland security does not, only protect the interests of two people, having a weapon the other buying — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget. — John Bolton Copy Share Image
I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product. — George Wald Copy Share Image
If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough. — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
The Defense Department is prone to all of the 'traditional bureaucratic rules,' which is the same thing you'll find in most traditional government systems. — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades. — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“I was seething. I told him that “the clock is ticking” and that our patience with their lack of political progress was running out.… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Some people have said, in so many words, that I'm kind of wooly-headed in believing that the Iranians would see not having nuclear weapons… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“Obama was the fourth president I had worked for who said outright that he wanted to eliminate all nuclear weapons (Carter, Reagan, and Bush… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
I had no concerns - I had no reason to have concerns based on what was available to me about North's contacts with the… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“The passage of fourteen years had led to another significant change in the international environment. As I told Bush 43 and Condi Rice on… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
I've been very sensitive for a long time to the repeated pattern, during economic hard times or after a war, of the United States'… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
I don't know General Michael Flynn well, but it's hard for me to believe anybody would allow themselves to be blackmailed by the Russians… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
I had no difficulty as Secretary of Defense moving from the Bush administration to the Obama administration. — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century. — Robert M. Gates 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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