Quotes About Defense

A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.

I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed me by my shoulders. I was so surprised that I forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.

Make firebombs—for our protection only.

I'D BEEN A WITNESS dozens of times during my career, but this was the first time I'd had to defend myself. All my years of protecting the public, and now I had a bull's-eye on my back. I was raging inside, but I couldn't let it show

interrogation and housing of potential threats

of AIM Sparrow and AIM Sidewinder missiles, nestled under the wings, hummed as they powered on

The case of Cecily Chandler is a perfect example of how privileged people get over on the system," the young man said. "Harry Chandler had a famous defense attorney for a lawyer, a slick talker who probably played tennis with the judge.

Besides, information was like weaponry. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Unfortunately, no matter how frivolous the lawsuit, you still, of course, have to pay people to defend you on it.

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.

The president and the administration had a duty to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, but powerful constituencies of the president did not want the president to defend it. And unfortunately, politics trumped duty.

Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense.

We need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure critical military technologies are developed in America and that the U.S. defense manufacturing base remains healthy and strong.

Our men and women in uniform are owed the right to protect themselves and others while in service of our country.

When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety.

All of our men and women in uniform, including our brave sailors in the U.S. Navy, deserve to have the best tools needed to carry out their mission to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Because my business partner, Mitt Romney, was running for president when 'Unintended Consequences' was published, the media held up my book as a defense of the 1 percent.

A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none.

I think overall our national security is strengthened if we are able to make the decisions that we need and the alliances that we believe in outside the current structures of the European Union.

There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.

In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.