Any Quote by Thomas P.M. Barnett

If the Pentagon truly confined itself to providing defense, then presumably we wouldn't need a whole separate government agency to provide 'Homeland Security.'

— Timothy Noah

America being a force is a lot more than building up the Defense Department.

— Mitch McConnell

A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be…

— Henry H. Arnold

The quest for homeland security is heading ... toward the quasi-militarization of everyday life ... If danger might lurk anywhere, maybe everything must be…

— William Greider

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

Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders

— John Culberson

The goal of our Pentagon leadership must be training and equipping a fighting force that is the most lethal, not the most eco-friendly.

— Michael Waltz

We have to be able to protect the homeland, and we have to be able to restrain evil in the world.

— Raphael Warnock

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

— Richard N. Haass

A nation with a goofy foreign policy needs a very serious policy of defense.

— P. J. O'Rourke

National security begins with border security. Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they cannot get into our country.

— Donald Trump

The lack of substantial resources and staffing along the Northern U.S. border poses a real security threat.

— Mark Kennedy