Max Baucus Quotes

As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, my first priority is to ensure the readiness of our military.

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

This president [Barack Obama] is undermining our military. This president is more interested in funding Planned Parenthood than in funding the military.

We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.

We have the best-trained military in the world.

The military is not a social experiment. The purpose of the military is kill people and break things. It's not to transform the culture by trying out some ideas that some people think would make us a different country and more diverse. The purpose is to protect America.

We need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure critical military technologies are developed in America and that the U.S. defense manufacturing base remains healthy and strong.

Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America.

During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs.

The mission we are about is something that truly energises me. I feel that at Lockheed Martin we have the opportunity to make a difference... supporting men and women fighting for our peace and freedom.

All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that he will have his chance to do just that.

We won't always have the strongest military.

Making America great again begins with making our military great again.

The military is arguably the most significant social institution in our country.

I'm a big fan of the military. I think we've got to preserve our military, no question about it.

The only way we're going to keep America safe is to have an elite military, all right.

I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced.

If the men and women who protect the country are to succeed in the missions they are assigned, we simply must invest more in defense.

In the military, we can only do so much. The reality of it is if someone... really wants to make an impact on national security and the military as a whole... the person that has the ability to do that most is a knowledgeable civilian leader.

I think I will be a great president having to do with the military and also having to do with taking care of our vets.

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

There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.

As I said a moment ago, there is no higher priority in our budget, or certainly in the budgets of the past few years, than providing for what is needed for the protection and security of our country and support of our troops.

The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season.

The mission of our military is to fight and win wars.