Benny Gantz Quotes

The strength of a nation should be expended to defend its own existence. It is totally wrong to forget that and to use one’s forces for the purposes of foreigners. Those who led the war, forgot our own existence and became prisoners of the Germans…

There is no nation on the earth that wants, for its security, to depend on anybody else.

America, our America, the America builded on the foundation laid by the inspired fathers, can be a party to no permanent military alliance.

My aim has been... to keep the United States... independent of all and under the influence of none.

As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going?

True, other countries are helping us. Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.

We have to defend America and be strong.

Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.

Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.

Every People should have, within themselves, all the Means of Self Defense.

A nation which defends itself demands the respect of all. Such a nation cannot perish.

We [the French] have to keep defending our vital interests …, we can say no, alone, to anything that may be unacceptable.

If Americans are entitled to hit Iraq unilaterally, then why isn't Russia entitled to the same with respect to Georgia? Why is China not entitled to the same with respect to some other neighboring country which, according to Chinese views, may be supporting insurrection in Tibet or Shenyang? Why, say, India is not entitled to hit Pakistan, which openly supports terrorists in Kashmir and which has nuclear weapons, and which has a very fragile domestic situation under which fundamentalists any day can come to power

We will not allow other countries to use our soil as a battleground.

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,--never! never! never!

Please don't intervene. Please leave us alone. It is my job and we can cope with this matter. We are trying to explain this to foreigners. But if they do not understand or ignore our explanation, I don't care because we are not begging them for food.

It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute..

We should be able to defend ourselves by ourselves.

The country doesn't need saving.

I have always regarded nonalignment as a statement that India's policies - foreign policy - will be guided by what I describe as 'enlightened national interest.' That means we will make judgments on an independent basis with the sole concern being what is enlightened India's national interest.

It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence

Donald Trump is an "America first" guy. He said, "We protect everyone else's borders but our own."

My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep the United States free from political connections with every other country; to see that they may be independent of all and under the influence of none.

It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.

The principle I believe in is the principle of protecting our nation. I believe that the United States has the right to attack any country it views as a threat at a time and place of its choosing.