Jack Keane Quotes

Our national aims can be realized only by military means. The matter needs no further elaboration or interpretation.

Enemies are necessary for the wheels of the U.S. military machine to turn.

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

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

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'.

I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk. Let me give simple, responsible reasons: (1) It was a cakewalk last time; (2) they've become much weaker; (3) we've become much stronger; and (4) now we're playing for keeps.

Peace through strength works. We've got the greatest military in the world. I want them to dominate any potential conflict.

The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world.

Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a military force for its own protection.

My experience is that if the military didn't want to use force and was confronted with a president that did, the military would come back with what I would call the 'bomb Moscow' scenario. They would say it had to be done with conditions that were so extreme, you obviously wouldn't do it.

We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.

The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into war. It is the responsibility of Congress to deliberate and consult with the executive branch before involving ourselves in a military conflict.

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.

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.

As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns.

There are a lot of things that have to be considered in National. The military aspect of it is only one of them. I'm confident that President Bush will have all of those things laid out for him before he makes the decision.

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat.

We give the military money, it ought to be to kick rears, break things, and come home.

President Obama has never summarized the Obama Doctrine with such clarity, but here is what it would look like: 'I will undertake any military attack against our enemies, regardless of the risks and collateral damage, so long as it is over by the time I have to announce it.'

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

I certainly don't like a label that suggests I believe that the military is the solution to most of the world's problems.

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war.

I think in national security, the war in Iraq is troublesome and a difficult challenge, but our troops and the military leaders we have are managing that situation, although it continues to be very risky and very dangerous.