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Quotes About Security

A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon.
~ Martin Luther
War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.
~ Alva Myrdal
There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.
~ Ronald Reagan
To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
~ Aesop
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes.
~ John Bolton
Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
~ George W. Bush
A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.
~ John F. Kennedy
There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive.
~ Robin Cook
Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in the future.
~ Winston Churchill
It's important to remember that some of our best sources in the war against radical Islamic terrorism are Muslims, both in America and overseas.
~ Mitch McConnell
We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.
~ Silvio Berlusconi
Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.
~ Noam Chomsky
The EU will not stop wars: it wants an army to fight them.
~ John Redwood
The existence of such a war chest might go far to strengthen our prestige and frighten off any would be assailant.
~ Benjamin Graham
The moral is obvious it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war.
~ Edward Dunlop
You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.
~ Albert Einstein
Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
~ Barbara Olson
The emotional security and political stability in this country entitle us to be a nuclear power.
~ Anthony Mason
[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
~ John F. Kennedy
We view our atomic arsenal as proudly and as devotedly as any pioneer ever viewed his flintlock hanging over the mantel as his children slept, and dreamed.
~ William F. Buckley, Jr.
[Peace] cannot be honorable or secure, if the sovereign betrays a pusillanimous aversion to war.
~ Edward Gibbon
Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?
~ Ron Paul
Internal security means something. It means war against your own population.
~ Noam Chomsky
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
~ Thomas Hobbes