Budgets Quote by Robert M. Gates

It is a fact that the US defence budget is larger than the defence budgets of all other countries taken together. This is why…

— Vladimir Putin

The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation…

— Tom Ridge

There's something troubling about a condition in which one country alone, which has roughly 5 percent of the world's population, spends more than 50…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The world spends two trillion dollars a year on military, and of that two trillion the United States spends one trillion. We have a…

— Bill Ayers

Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on…

— Steve Forbes

It amazes me that we spend 20% of the US budget on defense and far-off wars, and not on fighting cancer, disease, and aging.

— Zoltan Istvan

Global military spending levels constitute an unconscionable use of resources and remain at an all-time high, reaching a total of USD 1.75 trillion in…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

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

World military spending has now risen to over $1.2 trillion. This incredible sum represents 2.5 per cent of GDP (global gross domestic product). Even…

— Ban Ki-moon

The U.S. is just in a class by itself in military expenses. It basically matches the rest of the world, and it's far more…

— Noam Chomsky

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

The biggest budget is the military budget. For what? We're fighting two wars in very small countries that have no nuclear weapons, that have…

— Lupe Fiasco