Marco Rubio Quotes

You can't carpet bomb ISIS if you don't have planes and bombs to attack them with. And if we continue those cuts that we're doing , not to mention additional cuts, we are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest Air Force this country has ever had, and that leaves us less safe.

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.

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

I can assure our countrymen that India is safe in the hands of the brave warriors of our Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.

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

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

I'm very, very pro-defense.

I will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is a combination of the budget cuts Barack Obama has, as well as the sequestration cuts. That, in my view, is making our future less certain and less secure.

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

Our military and the strength of our military and the strengthening of our military is a number one priority for the Trump administration.

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

Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.

Our military is a disaster.

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 have significant concerns about reducing the 188th Fighter Wing's capabilities, and will fight tooth and nail against attempts to reduce its personnel or take away aircraft.

There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.

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

Japan is the only country in the world that does not call its defense organizations a military. That is absurd, when the government is spending 5 trillion yen a year for self-defense.

I believe that wholeheartedly - that we have to maintain a strong national defense.

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

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

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.

I told you about the jet fighters. Well it's like that with so many other things. So we are going to take care of our military.

Not only the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, everything is going away at a time when certainly we are at a top priority for making sure that doesn't happen. We're not respected to the extent we were and if we keep going like this, we won't be respected at all.