Quotes About Defense

You go to war when there is a security threat, and Saddam Hussein was seen as a threat to our interests and our security.

I have had no concerns in the past and have none moving forward regarding the Navy's ability to effectively address any potential natural or man-made threat to Naval Station Mayport and any military asset located there, including any future nuclear aircraft carrier.

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.

More needs to be done to take the fight to the enemy and secure our borders against the terrorist threat. We need more protection on land, sea and air.

That guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.

Israel's security doctrine is not that Israel must invade every place from which a threat to Israel emanates.

I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.

If we engage in a conflict that we know this is a threat to America, we should make it so one-sided that it gets over very quickly.

I know there's a lot of discussion about building a 2000-mile wall. I think we need to complete the Secure Fencing Act, but we need greater technology and aviation aspects down on the Southwest border so we can see the threat from the sky. Until you can see it, you don't know where it's coming from and how to correctly stop it.

Our United States military is not our threat.

No state should have to endure the threat of terrorists entering our borders.

What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.

The PKK is the number one threat in terms of terror in our country.

When something is presented as an existential threat, it is very easy to scare the Israelis.

No guy on the basketball court is a threat to score with LeBron James out there. Not only will LeBron dominate from the offensive end as well, but he's also doing it on the defensive end, which really makes him the complete package.

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

Now I'm just a threat. I'm a threat out there. Guys are running out at me, and I'm able to either give them a pump fake or let it fly. Guys are going over the screens, and I'm able to get into the lane and find my teammates a lot better. It just makes things a lot easier for me.

Anyone who is a post man who's a huge offensive threat, I definitely want to play against to try to limit them to as few points as possible. It's a challenge for me, but I love it though.

Early in my career, I played with a guy in Mike Rucker who was a threat on the other side.

I am an offensive threat, but I can play 'D' with the best of them.

The threat from unmanned aircraft systems in the U.S. is steadily escalating.

We will continue to hit those who threaten us.