Foster Friess Quotes

The country needs leadership driven by the dictates of national security, not the ebb and flow of political fortunes.

Unfortunately, the state of national security under the Trump administration is far from strong.

Hillary Clinton is going to make sure that Americans are safe at home and abroad.

I'm obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something that should and can be altered as people see the nature of the threats around the world that we face.

President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.

You know, there's a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it's misnamed. We're not so much trying to help people as we're trying to help ourselves. So let's be clear about this. So these are - in my view, they're cold calculations of national security and not aid programs.

When I look at the record of President Obama concerning the major issue security I think it's a highly satisfactory record from Israeli point of view.

Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely Commander in Chief - a critical test for many Americans.

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.

I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world.

When I came to office, in terms of diplomacy and national security, as well as the economy, Japan was in a very severe situation.

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.

For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

When I decide who to vote for as president, I ask myself who will be best for America and for the world. An important component of my answer involves my assessment of the candidate's willingness and ability to protect Israel's security, since I strongly believe that a strong Israel serves the interests of the United States and of world peace.

The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's internal situation, and security against anyone attacking one's nation. That is the very heart of what I believe is sovereignty.

We can go to the American people on this issue of winning the war [against terrorism]. We can go to the country on this issue because they trust the Republican Party to do a better job of protecting and strengthening America's military might and thereby protecting America.

I say frankly, as a citizen more than a candidate, that I recoil at the prospect of Mr. Nixon as custodian of this nation’s future, as guardian of the hydrogen bomb, as representative of America in the world, as commander in chief of the United States armed forces.

This is not going to be decided by public opinion polls. It is a national security issue.

The organizing premise of any nation's foreign policy is the protection of the homeland.

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government

It is just as important to define the limit beyond which we will not intervene as it is to convince our people that we cannot find security in an isolationist party.

Deterrence, of course, is all about the perception of power. It hinges on convincing adversaries that, with force, guile, or economic isolation, you can make the think twice about acting against American interests.

Are there topics of sufficient import to the nation's well-being to replace the Soviets as the focus of U.S. intelligence?

The counterterrorism strategy known as CONTEST aimed to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from terrorism, so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence.