Herman Kahn Quotes

I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

We have the responsibility to protect our people and that's why we're building this fence. We've suffered from 19,000 terrorist attacks during the last three years.

Nothing can justify war.

The real protection of life and property, always and everywhere.

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.

Every foreign policy has to have a moral purpose.

I was hired to stop the killing.

Our world has sprouted a weird concept of security and a warped sense of morality. Weapons are sheltered like treasures and children are exposed to incineration

Anything can be justified by security.

We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth: We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations—acting individually or in concert—will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.

The European NATO Counties are not interested in being liberated after 6 months of fighting on their territory. They are only interested in preventing the initial attack.

Imagine Earth as a crime-ridden town, and there is one safe house. How do you keep that safe house, America, always safe? It is called vigilance.

Security and safety are very important for us.

He who saves you from war is better than he who sends you to war.

Some things are more important than safety.

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

What is more immoral than war?

We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.

It's never right to fight terror with terror.

The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.

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.

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.

Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that they're not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom.