Ray Mabus Quotes

Modernizing the U.S. Navy is a key component of rebuilding our military.

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

Let us build a navy as big as hers and do as we please.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian military rotted away. In one of the most dramatic campaigns in world history, from 1988-1994, Moscow's armed forces shrank from 5 million to 1 million personnel.

Rebuilding the military is something Putin will pay attention to.

Mattis has been sharply critical of President Barack Obama's policies on Iran and Obama's capping of troop numbers and campaign end-dates in theaters of war such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Mattis also appears to be a skeptic of the Obama-era policy of putting women into combat roles.

Making America great again begins with making our military great again.

U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness.

Our nation has a regrettable history of drawing down our forces and readiness after each conflict, only to find ourselve ill-prepared for the next great struggle.

I'm a big fan of the military. I think we've got to preserve our military, no question about it.

The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats.

I spent 23 years in the military. I think I'm in a good position to make those judgments on what is necessary in the military and what is not necessary, without buying a lot of things that would not really add to our security.

I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced.

I have long maintained the military budget is not a jobs bill... and will continue to support the lowest budget possible.

Our national-security strategy must drive our military budget, rather than the budget setting our strategy.

It would be better for the country if the Pentagon and the military do not shut down at any point because the threats to the country do not shut down.

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

The goal is to deter war, and this can only be done with a strong, modern, and ready military that has overmatch in all domains.

The United States has the most capable military in the world. We have the best intelligence agencies.

We can improve the military at less cost and with increased capability. It's not acceptable to keep investing in structure when we would be wiser to invest in dominating the new warfare domain of cyberspace.

The United States has the largest and best navy in the world.

This president [Barack Obama] is undermining our military. This president is more interested in funding Planned Parenthood than in funding the military.

I told you about the jet fighters. Well it's like that with so many other things. So we are going to take care of our military.

This Iraq war has been the most "privatized" war in America's history. It has seen the most extensive use of contractors. The contractors have increased the costs; but they have been necessary - the military simply could not have done it on their own. we would have had to increase the size of the military. But the George W. Bush Administration wanted America to believe that it could have a war, essentially for free, without raising taxes, without increasing the size of the armed forces.

I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that.