Jeb Bush Quotes

We are committed to a world in which we keep America safe, but we recognize that our power doesn't just flow from our extraordinary military but also flows from the strength in our ideals and our principles and our values.

In America, we believe in peace through strength, and that's what we will have.

As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge.

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

We have to defend America and be strong.

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.

The doctrine of preemption has a long and distinguished history in the history of American foreign policy.

Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating.

What's the point of having this superb military your always talking about if we can’t use it?

The Defense Department has a great deal of influence on foreign policy, and State has very little impact on defense policy.

Very near the heart of all foreign affairs is the relationship between policy and military power.

An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.

The Pentagon is always going to be the last to want to intervene. It is up to the civilians to tell us what they want to do and we’ll figure out how to do it.

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

We have to begin having the State Department in on joint plans so that our foreign policy and military plans would be in step …. I will not go along with the past practice of not informing the State Department as to Army and Navy joint plans ...

Our nation's military is effective because it is nonpartisan, relies heavily on science and technology, and takes the world as it is, not as it wishes it to be.

Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as comports with the dignity and security of a great people.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump basically share a policy of brute military strength. And both, I think, make a lot of Americans uneasy about our foreign policy going forward, which needs a frank discussion. Likewise on the issue of student debt and the future of our younger generation.

A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy.

Every decision in government is so important, especially when it comes to the military where thousands of people can lose their lives.

The American people want to see our nation standing tall on the world stage again. They want to see us supporting our military, rebuilding our military, commanding the respect of the world, and they want to see the American economy off to the races again.

We need a president who will lead with a stronger, more consistent foreign policy. We also need our commander in chief to put more faith in military leadership who have all of the combat experience. It’s bad policy to try to micromanage too much operationally and tactically from a desk in the Oval Office.

The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military and a presumed 'window of vulnerability,' which we now know not to exist.

The number one priority of President Trump is to rebuild our military, to restore the arsenal of democracy.

There are now reports that President Obama will name Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to be the next secretary of defense. Apparently this is part of America's new defense strategy to bore our enemies to death.