Narendra Modi Quotes

We never want to expand our borders... but I can say that our security forces and defence forces possess all the might to protect our borders.

I can only say this, a very, very important element of any country, but our country, and in my opinion, the single most important thing that a president can do is the defense of our country.

Terrorist threats are not happening just in this country, but in every European country and every country across the globe. As a result of that, we do sometimes have to take measures we would rather not take in order to give us the security we need.

It's only by investing properly in our defense that we can ensure we're properly equipped to face our shared challenges together.

It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.

I want more rules, more scrutiny, and to defend the country.

What I'm OK with is protecting the American people. What I'm OK with is, when people have the intent to come to this country and take American lives, that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect the people of this country.

There are huge challenges ahead for this country but also huge opportunities. We can make this country stronger and fairer.

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

When I was a kid you always heard about the Israeli army and you always heard about this tiny little country and how everyone around them wants them gone, and every time somebody comes after them they take care of business. And so as a Jewish kid you were proud of that.

We still need to secure our southern border. The other thing I would say is we need to secure who visits us in the country.

I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.

Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

Angela Merkel can't travel to any European country without being protected by hundreds of police. That is not brotherhood.

I became a lightning rod for some partisan battles. I could not be prouder of the track record we've put together. By almost every measure, the country is significantly better off than when I came in.

A nation with a goofy foreign policy needs a very serious policy of defense.

A nation with a strong defence industry will not only be more secure. It will also reap rich economic benefits - it can boost investment, expand manufacturing, support enterprise, raise the technology level and increase economic growth in the country.

I'm going to be the president of a safe country. We have enough problems.

Our number one responsibility is to protect the homeland.

The security challenge is related to the progress and advance we make in the political process.

I'm glad that the NSA is trying to find out what the terrorists are up to overseas and in our country. I'm glad that activity is going on, but it is limited to tracking people who are suspected to be terrorists and who they may be talking to... Yes, I am sure that that's what they're doing.

For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here.

Perhaps because the challenges we face in our country are so daunting, we are also tempted by shortcuts. We tell ourselves that if we invent a new acronym, or write a new empowerment charter, we can avoid some of the back-breaking work that sustained progress requires

I will wake up every morning with the protection of the American people my first thought.