Edward Grey Quotes

There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure the peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

Although the policy of England is peace, there is no country so well prepared for war as our own ….If she enters in a righteous cause … her resources … are inexhaustible. She is not a country that when she enters on a campaign, has to ask herself whether she can support a second or a third campaign. She enters into a campaign which she will not terminate till right is done

Other things being equal, whether we have large or reduced armaments, the nation which is the strongest industrially is the best equipped for war, because the machine shop and the laboratory are becoming the two most important elements of military preparation.

That is the best Government, which best provides for war.

Only a United States that is strong and immensely productive can help defend freedom in our world

No criticism should be allowed to obscure the truth either at home or abroad that today America is the strongest nation militarily, economically, ideologically in the world.

The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.

In relations with other nations, there is neither right nor wrong; there is only strength and weakness.

If our economy is strong, that means the military will be strong. If our economy is weak, that weakens our military.

Our prosperity provides a foundation for our power. It pays for our military. It underwrites our diplomacy.

We must never allow America to become the second strongest nation I the world.

Those who want peace should prepare for war and be strong.

I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.

Defense is superior to opulence.

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.

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

Without power, without a strong army and a strong navy, there can be no welfare for us .... The German nation will be either the hammer or the anvil.

When America is stronger, the world is safer.

If [George] Washington and his compatriots had relied upon moral power only, the paw of the huge lion of Britannia would be now quietly resting on the necks of the American people.

The country is as strong abroad only as it's strong at home.

A nation is a superpower not just because of its military strength.

… weak nation strategy