Benigno Aquino III Quotes

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.

If NATO troops will come with ground forces, I will be the first volunteer in the Yugoslav army to defend my country, my family, my children.

Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment—Independence now and Independence forever! Independence now and forever! Independence forever!

There is no nation on the earth that wants, for its security, to depend on anybody else.

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,--never! never! never!

While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state.

I want my country to be independent, always independent. I have to defend my convictions as a patriot and as a national leader. I have done my best, but as a human being I cannot be perfect, nobody is perfect.

We should be able to defend ourselves by ourselves.

Not like other countries, we will never ask anyone to fight for us.

Our number one and top priority is to protect and defend our community. It is not to assimilate and please any other people and authority.

Donald Trump is an "America first" guy. He said, "We protect everyone else's borders but our own."

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.

It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence

Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad.

Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; and, once earned, must be defended.

We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.

No American worth his salt should go looking around for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a not unreasonable opinion.

I am proud of Russia and I am sure that the vast majority of Russian citizens have great love and respect for their Motherland. We have much to be proud of: Russian culture and Russian history. We have every reason to believe in the future of our country. But we have no obsession that Russia must be a super power in the international arena. The only thing we do is protecting our vital interests.

I would gladly say 'Heil Hitler!' and at once part company with him, realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to flatter him with such an imitation which he has always disdained. His way is for Germany, ours is for Britain; let us tread our paths with mutual respect, which is rarely increased by borrowing.

Liberty is the only idea which circulates with the human blood, in all ages, in all countries, and in all literature - liberty that is, and what cannot be separated from liberty, a love of country.

It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.

Aside from an intervention, which I don't think is on anybody's mind, Iraq is going to have defend for itself.

And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.

What I will do is put America first. People don't like to use that term of America first, but we're going to make America great again by putting America first.