Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes

I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.

A country that has its own major agencies at war is not going to fight a war well.

As the name of the agency suggests, 'Department of Defense,' the defense refers to the United States of America - not the defense of South Korea, not the defense of Ukraine, not the defense of Syria or Germany.

I will be the defence minister round-the-clock.

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

In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.

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.

I think in national security, the war in Iraq is troublesome and a difficult challenge, but our troops and the military leaders we have are managing that situation, although it continues to be very risky and very dangerous.

You can’t take military action in war without the support of government.

Keep a separate American Army.

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

Our military is meant to fight and win war.

An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.

I certainly am not willing to involve the country in a foreign war for the object of acquiring Texas.

Our military structure and tactics have been designed more to protect the service interest than the national interest.

I was taught in the sixth grade that we had a standing army of just over a hundred thousand men and that the generals had nothing to say about what was done in Washington. I was taught to be proud of that and to pity Europe for having more than a million men under arms and spending all their money on airplanes and tanks. I simply never unlearned junior civics. I still believe in it. I got a very good grade.

Japan is the only country in the world that does not call its defense organizations a military. That is absurd, when the government is spending 5 trillion yen a year for self-defense.

In a democracy such as ours military policy is dependent on public opinion.

The military executes policy decisions.

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

I receive contributions from a variety of people who are interested in what the Armed Services Committee does.

I don't live under the illusion we don't need a military to protect this country.

The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military.

The purpose of our military is to field the finest troops possible to defend our nation and win wars.