Andrzej Duda Quotes

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed.

Our country has never started a war. Our sole objective is deterrence, the strength and capability it takes to prevent war.

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

Deterrence is to prevent war, not to win a war.

Any idea that you can have a league for security is nuts, and all people who favor it are potential murderers… as long as man is man, there will be war and the only way to avoid trouble is to have the best army and navy, which we now have.

Shall we be defenseless America, a weak and harmless nation, or shall we be defensive America, the fear and dread of all nations?

The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.

History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. To keep the peace, we and our allies must be strong enough to convince any potential aggressor that war could bring no benefit, only disaster.

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

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.

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

Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start one.

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.

A certain degree of preparation for war ... affords also the best security for the continuance of peace.

The Mutual Security Act was intended not to fight a war but to prevent a war.

We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be undermined, and until such is the case disarmament is impossible.

The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war; weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that - and who won't leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn't.

Mr. Chamberlain desires to avert the threat to England's peace by making England, in alliance with Germany, stronger than her rivals and so to force them to renounce their hostile intentions against her.

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