Barack Obama Quotes

We should be able to defend ourselves by ourselves.

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

the question of the State's accession should be settled by a reference to the people. Meanwhile, in response to your Highness's appeal for military aid, action has been taken today to send troops of the Indian Army to Kashmir to help your own forces to defend your territory and to protect the lives, property and honor of your people.

If the Jewish people want to have an independent state, they must always have the sword in one hand.

Israel has the power to protect itself and its citizens.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

Without a militia, it is in vain to think that any free government will ever have security or stability.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security

If the English should land on our soil, I shall have them arrested

I can do whatever is necessary to protect the United States.

Military capability, viewed in terms of the history of its own development, has constantly been found wanting. Renewal and regeneration of military capability seems to be an indispensable part of the military doctrine, conceived to address what turns out inevitably to be the insatiable need of fear. For every level of fear addressed through a military strategy or state of readiness, a further threat comes to be conceived for which further military capability is sought.

While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state.

… a rich nation always defends itself badly.

Israel has a right to defend itself.

As governor of my country, I have been an enemy to its enemies.

Security is an underlining interest of Israel.

Ukraine is an industrialized nation that can produce their own weapons. We're talking about the defensive weapons, which help us just defensively.

Israel's security is not negotiable for us; that is absolutely clear.

It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.

I don't think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.

We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

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.

If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed.

Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.

Really, of all the important mission responsibilities assigned to United States Strategic Command by the president, none is more important than our responsibility to deter a strategic attack on the United States and our allies and partners.