John Foster Dulles Quotes

Let no one expect us to disarm unilaterally. We are not a naive people.

Local defenses must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power.

It is nonsense that territory is unimportant in the age of [nuclear] missiles. Just the opposite is true. Territory is more important than before…. Even for the large long-range missiles with large warheads, reducing the size of the target area is a mistake.

It is hard to seriously suggest that from a national-security standpoint, 1,000 warheads are not enough to protect the United States. Such an arsenal is literally overkill, sufficient to destroy every major population center on the planet outside of our borders.

Every Conservative desires peace. The threat to peace comes from Communism which has powerful forces ready to attack anywhere. Communism waits for weakness, it leaves strength alone. Britain must therefore be strong, strong in her arms, strong in her faith, strong in her own way of life.

We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.

I think you believe in these words, I think - three very important words, peace through strength, right. Peace through strength.

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

I can only say this, a very, very important element of any country, but our country, and in my opinion, the single most important thing that a president can do is the defense of our country.

If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence.

If they attack, we shall fight to the end. If the rockets had remained, we would have used them all and directed them against the very heart of the United States, including New York, in our defense against aggression. But we haven't got them, so we shall fight with what we've got.

The first thing we need to do to make America stronger is to strengthen our military.

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils which are appointed to preside over the common defense.

The first objective of our national government is to provide for the common defense. And President Donald Trump has no higher priority than the safety and security of the American people. And the possession of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in the hands of a regime that routinely threatens the people of the United States of America and our allies is just simply unacceptable.

A stronger defense is an investment in peace.

My belief has always been that national defense is the most important thing we do, but we shouldn't borrow to pay for it.

The Cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river.

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.

Our armed forces are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that this will happen before Israel goes under.

Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent.

We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice!

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

As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.

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