George W. Bush Quotes

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

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

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.

We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped.

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.

Our military shouldn't be outgunned.

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 have an obligation to ensure our service members are protected, our national defense is resilient, and our forces are well-equipped.

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.

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.

Our military has been so badly depleted. Who would think the United States is raiding plane graveyards to pick up parts and equipment? That means they're being held together by a shoestring. Other countries have brand-new stuff they have bought from us. It's insane.

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 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 need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure critical military technologies are developed in America and that the U.S. defense manufacturing base remains healthy and strong.

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs.

During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs.

Its going to be a squeeze, but we have got to put our men and women in uniform ahead of everything else. We've got to be treating our reservists fairly before we move on to other procurements.

We won't always have the strongest military.

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

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

No state, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness.

When the economies of countries grow, their militaries generally do as well.

As long as I am president, we will maintain the greatest fighting force that the world has ever known.