Ted Lieu Quotes

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

What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by doing so, introduce into our defense vulnerabilities based on self-delusion.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.

The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.

To go to war, you must always think of, can you win?

Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating.

Our national aims can be realized only by military means. The matter needs no further elaboration or interpretation.

The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war.

Very near the heart of all foreign affairs is the relationship between policy and military power.

The Commonwealth of Venice in their armoury have this inscription, "Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of 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 believe in peace through strength. I would prefer to rely on the military rather than diplomats to protect our homes.

To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.

Any great power—especially a great one suddenly deprived of its traditional adversary—faces the perennial dilemma of showing a reasonable return on its costly military investments.

The best war is the one that doesn’t have to be fought, and the best military is the one capable and versatile enough to deter the next war in the first place.

If there is going to be a war – and no one can say that there is not – we must keep him fresh to be our war Prime Minister

When it comes to foreign policy, the American people will ultimately reward not the party with the most ambitious vision but the party with the most sober and realistic one.

It is not that I believe ideals are unimportant, even among the realities of war; but if a nation is to survive in a hostile world, its ideals must be backed by the hard logic of military practicability.

I am convinced there is no more effective method of preventing a war than a decisive stance illustrating that we are ready at any moment to repel possible attack.

We are committed to a world in which we keep America safe, but we recognize that our power doesn't just flow from our extraordinary military but also flows from the strength in our ideals and our principles and our values.

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail.