Mitt Romney Quotes

We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.

I believe in peace through strength. I would prefer to rely on the military rather than diplomats to protect our homes.

To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.

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

I think you believe in these words, I think - three very important words, peace through strength, right. Peace through strength.

America has never gotten in a war because we were too strong.

I am the most militaristic person but you have to know when to use the military. Or have it so strong that nobody is going to mess with you, which is my ultimate goal.

I challenge anybody to say that I wouldn't know how to approach foreign policy because, unlike some of the other people, I at least have a foreign policy philosophy, which is an extension of the Reagan philosophy. Peace through strength, and my philosophy is peace through strength and clarity.

The American people like a President who is for peace, but they also want to know that he is ready to kill.

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

We've got to make America strong again. And right now, we are not strong. Believe me. We have a depleted military. We have the greatest people in the world in our military. But it is very sadly depleted.

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war. It's to be prepared for peace. There's a sign over the entrance to the Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state, and that sign says it all: 'Peace is our profession'.

But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength.

Sometimes and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.

Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

Military power serves the cause of security by making prohibitive the cost of any aggressive attack. It serves the cause of peace by holding up a shield behind which the patient constructive work of peace can go on.

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.

Peace through strength works; but the flip side is war invited by weakness.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

There are no militarist adventuristic groups in USSR as among dominating classes in certain other countries where dangerous talk of "third world war" is being encouraged by foul imperialists. True supporters of peace will find real and faithful ally in USSR. This does not mean that our concern for the maintenance of our Armed Forces will diminish. Our Government and Red Army leaders are doing everything to assure that our Army is second to no other Army as regards newest types of armament.

We must have universal military training because the one hope for a peaceful world is a powerful America… with adequate means to instantly check aggressors.

The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war.