A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes

We will not negotiate with anyone about our weapons and defenses, and we will make and store as many weapons, facilities, and missiles as we need.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

Countries that perceive themselves to be vulnerable can be expected to try to redress that vulnerability - and in some cases, they will pursue clandestine weapons programs.

Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries.

Shall we be defenseless America, a weak and harmless nation, or shall we be defensive America, the fear and dread of all nations?

The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.

I am convinced there is no more effective method of preventing a war than a decisive stance illustrating that we are ready at any moment to repel possible attack.

That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.

I will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Armaments are necessary - or are maintained on the pretext of necessity - because of a real or an imagined danger of war.

Mr. Chamberlain desires to avert the threat to England's peace by making England, in alliance with Germany, stronger than her rivals and so to force them to renounce their hostile intentions against her.

The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.

We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be.

Pakistan has made no mention of ending our tests. We have a missile program, and it is in the national interest whatever we want to do.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

Our country has never started a war. Our sole objective is deterrence, the strength and capability it takes to prevent war.

We must have universal military training because the one hope for a peaceful world is a powerful America… with adequate means to instantly check aggressors.

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

A nation’s capacity for compromise decreases as its re-armament increases.

Any idea that you can have a league for security is nuts, and all people who favor it are potential murderers… as long as man is man, there will be war and the only way to avoid trouble is to have the best army and navy, which we now have.

A nation, in order to be secure in its defense, has to be stronger than its potential enemy. Then what becomes of the defense of the other? Is he to have none?

We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence.

Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed.