Quotes About Defense

National security is not just things that go boom. It is not just terrorists and foreign adversaries.

We must stop arming terrorists.

Saying we should scrap drones shows an irresponsible and nonsensical ignorance of the way we protect our country. It lets down our servicemen and servicewomen fighting terrorists who want to harm us.

Who did I fight? I fought terrorists. Who did I protect? I protected the whole of Russia so that people in Moscow or St. Petersburg... could live in peace.

The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work.

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into the country, curtail their freedom of action inside the country, and deprive them of material and moral support from within the country.

I am not disputing the need for this money. What I am disputing and calling attention to is the fact that we are taking the tab for defense in our time against terrorists in the Middle East and elsewhere and shoving this tab off onto our children.

Never, ever deal with terrorists. Hunt them down and, more important, mercilessly punish those states and groups that fund, arm, support, or simply allow their territories to be used by the terrorists with impunity.

We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.

He can fight terrorists overseas, but he leaves our borders so they can come in here and do their thing.

The dedication of the United States Air Force, Special Forces, and others involved in the mission to tracking down terrorists can not be matched. We express our gratitude to these men and women who defend the freedom America represents.

We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.

They've hit us and we've got to hit back hard, and I'm not just talking about the terrorists.

Fences would be a hindrance to terrorists should they decide to come across a land border between the U.S. and Mexico and to California.

Certainly, its important to protect the water system and that covers, certainly, everything from vandals to terrorists.

We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.

On September 11, 2001, we thought we were going to be attacked many, many times between then and now. We haven't been. I believe we had a president who made the right decision at the right time... to put us on offense against terrorists.

These terrorists aren't trying to kill us because we offended them. They attack us because they want to impose their view of the world on as many people as they can, and America is standing in their way.

If terrorists aren't limited by borders and boundaries, we can't be, either.

Killing terrorists is cheaper than capturing them.

We need a military strategy to defeat terrorists on the ground.

If we have to do enhanced interrogation on terrorists, then I can live with that.

We don't want terrorists in Wyoming or anywhere else in this country. And we have got to make sure the federal government is doing its job by not allowing these folks into our states.

Sacrificing British liberties will not protect us. It just plays into the hands of the terrorists. The justice system is not the problem. It is part of the solution. We can fight terror - and defend freedom.