Philip Hammond Quotes

As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, my first priority is to ensure the readiness of our military.

We've got to make America strong again. And right now, we are not strong. Believe me. We have a depleted military. We have the greatest people in the world in our military. But it is very sadly depleted.

This president [Barack Obama] is undermining our military. This president is more interested in funding Planned Parenthood than in funding the military.

When it comes to the military, we have no choice. We cannot have a depleted military.

America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that.

Our military is a disaster.

In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.

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

A military starved of resources, training, and equipment will not long be able to protect the country physically or economically.

[Donald] Trump is speaking in Philadelphia on military matters. He's doing quite well. I want to join a little bit of this in progress just to give you a flavor for how Trump is sounding.

We will be substantially upgrading all of our military - all of our military. Offensive, defensive, everything. Bigger and better and stronger than ever before. And hopefully, we'll never have to use it. But nobody is going to mess with us, folks. Nobody.

Donald Trump in Philadelphia, and he's delivering a very substantive speech on military preparedness, the status of the current military. He detailed the deterioration of the U.S. military in the past eight years and explained how he's going to rebuild it and why we need to, and it's a very tough audience. It's an expressly military audience, and they are of course listening for any sign that he's not really genuine here. I think, knocking this out of the park as far as that audience is concerned.

Barack Obama's a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It's not an exaggeration.

The number one priority of President Trump is to rebuild our military, to restore the arsenal of democracy.

I believe we should work and want to have the most powerful military, but hope we never have to use it. I strongly believe the military should know they are 100 percent supported by the commander in chief.

America has the strongest, best-trained, best-led military force in the world, and we have failed them. Our military today is struggling in virtually every category that measures preparedness.

We have the best-trained military in the world.

An overstretched military undermines homeland security and our ability to meet threats around the world.

We had the best-equipped and we have the best-trained military force on the face of the earth, right here in Oklahoma.

Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.

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.

I'm relieved that the state of the Marines' readiness will remain high.

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

I want to compliment The Heritage Foundation for its work on behalf of a strong national defense.

I think I will be a great president having to do with the military and also having to do with taking care of our vets.