Donald Trump Quotes

We should tell people we are working to protect our country. We are working to make America stronger for the long run.

I can only say this, a very, very important element of any country, but our country, and in my opinion, the single most important thing that a president can do is the defense of our country.

When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country against the attack or invasion of any foreigner. It is for that purpose that we are clamoring for a greater army and navy, more battleships and ammunition.

There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.

It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.

The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy to expand the scale of their murder and force America to retreat from the world. And our nation accepted a mission. We will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks. As the September 11th Commission concluded, our country is safer than we were three years ago, but we are not yet safe

I just want to keep America safe. Who could be against that?

We have to defend America and be strong.

The safety of the country stands above all other considerations, and no matter what the cost, the safety of the country must be assured.

The notion of a defense that will protect American cities is one that will not be achieved, but it is that goal that supplies the political magic, as it were, in the president's vision.

I've been a stalwart for national security.

My first responsibility is to keep America safe.

National security begins with border security. Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they cannot get into our country.

We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe.

Our obligation is to ourselves and obligating to ourselves the job of defending and protecting America is how we serve other people around the world, not by letting this country go to hell. We are under no such obligation.

When we were attacked militarily it was our duty to defend our country.

What America first means is we put the national interests of the United States and the well-being of our own country and our own people first. Our foreign policy, first and foremost, should be focused on the defense of American freedom, security and rights.

If we want to defend the country, we have to defend against who's coming in.

As commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to defend America. But in defending America, we cannot lose what America stands for.

Let me state this as clearly as I can: We are going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. We will not be deterred from this course, and in a matter of days, we will be taking brand new action to protect out people and keep America safe. You will see the action.

In America, we must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism. Until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place, we don't want them in our country.

When I was a kid you always heard about the Israeli army and you always heard about this tiny little country and how everyone around them wants them gone, and every time somebody comes after them they take care of business. And so as a Jewish kid you were proud of that.

I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.

After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.