Chester W. Nimitz Quotes

Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.

Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

We must maintain strong defenses, military and spiritual.

We must have universal military training because the one hope for a peaceful world is a powerful America… with adequate means to instantly check aggressors.

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

The military strength and resources of the State must be reserved for its own defense and protection exclusively …

If we enjoy the benefits of peace, it is only because we have an excellent armed force and a fine socialist economy. Let us exert all efforts so that our further development may be strong and mighty, so that our numerous enemies may think well and long before they decide to attack our country, and so that if they attack, they will quickly regret it.

As someone who prepared our forces to deal with the multiplicity of operational and strategic challenges our country faces, I am confident about Israel's capability to defend itself.

We will not negotiate with anyone about our weapons and defenses, and we will make and store as many weapons, facilities, and missiles as we need.

The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.

We are not a gigantic state, we do not have nuclear weapons, but our army is sufficiently capable to respond to any threat... Therefore, we will protect our patch of land, our statehood, and our independence.

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.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction

We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.

We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.

We have the best-trained military in the world.

I will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Countries that perceive themselves to be vulnerable can be expected to try to redress that vulnerability - and in some cases, they will pursue clandestine weapons programs.

What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that it affects all of our military policies.

The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.