Barack Obama Quotes

Our prosperity provides a foundation for our power. It pays for our military. It underwrites our diplomacy.

We have to stand for our principles, stand for our allies, stand for a strong military and stand for a stronger economy.

In order to be able to fulfill our role in the world, America must be strong. America must lead. And for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home.

A strong American economy is essential to the well-being and security of our friends and allies.

Now, many Americans fear that China might grow too strong ... I'm more worried that America might be getting too weak. It's not bad for the United States if other nations have a strong economy. One fewer hungry-mouthed country wanting us to take care of it and its people is great news. If they have money, maybe they will buy the things we innovate and make.

There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure the peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.

If our economy is strong, that means the military will be strong. If our economy is weak, that weakens our military.

What really matters for great powers is power—national economic and military strength—and that speaks loudly and clearly for itself.

Poland not only has a capable military but also is strong economically and does not need money being raised for it.

U.S. power flows from our unmatched military might, yes. But in a deeper way, it's a product of the dominance of the U.S. economy.

America is secure because we can afford the strongest military in history. Once the U.S. economy is no longer dominant, we are no longer safe, and the world becomes chaotic.

Clearly, we need a strong economy to build a strong military.

The U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.

We must be strong at home if we are going to be strong abroad. We understand that. So we want to be strong at home in our morale or in our spirit, we want to be strong intellectually, in our education, in our economy and, where necessary, militarily.

I do believe that while Donald Trump... "Make America Great Again" is not just domestically and economically. I think Trump is very concerned. Look at the money he wants to spend on the military. I mean, he wants to blow through the military. What for, if not to use it, or to use it as a deterrent.

I believe as well that - that American strength is - is essential economic strength, family and value strength, military strength is essential for our own good that these things not only help secure peace for other people but preserve peace for us and - and promise greater prosperity for America.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

As we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we're at the mercy of events instead of shaping events. And a strong America's essential to shape events, and a strong America, by the way, depends on a strong military.

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.

The goal of this Nation, I so strongly believe, is to be a preeminent world power. We have to understand what comes with that: The responsibility to be strong.

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.

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

In this era of uncertainty and conflict, the United States - blessed with the world's strongest military, most ingenious economy, and most tolerant society - remains a model and leader to the world.

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.