Quotes About Defense

The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.

There are a lot of people who say that bombing cannot win the war. My reply to that is that it has never been tried. . . and we shall see.

Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance.

Armies are created to protect an established system, not people. In the future, an educated humanity will not stand for war.

In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary - and sufficient - to be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.

We have an army far better adapted to attack than to defend. Let us fight at advantage before we are forced to fight at disadvantage.

When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts.

We're at war with Japan. We were attacked by Japan. Do you want to kill Japanese, or would you rather have Americans killed?

Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

Armaments are necessary - or are maintained on the pretext of necessity - because of a real or an imagined danger of war.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime.

The best armor is to keep out of range.

The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war.

The cause of war is preparation for war.

A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense.

The enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield. We must stop him in the water, destroying all his equipment while it is still afloat!

War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all.

The safety of the country is at stake... We must let ourselves be killed on the spot rather than retreat... No faltering can be tolerated today.

The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.