Military Defence Quotes

Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence.

In my opinion, it is important to have a stable defence.

The distribution of troops devoted to the defence of a place includes a garrison, an occupying force, numerically as weak as possible; a reserve as strong as possible, designed for counterattacking and for providing itself, at the moment it goes into action, with a security service which will guard it from any possible surprise.

Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops.

I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.

No one has the right to detract the attention of the nation from the defence of the country.

The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening resistance. By contrast, the narrowing of the frontage made it easier for the defender to switch his local reserves to any threatened point on the defensive arc.

The Patriot missile is a point defence missile. Point defence means that you put the missile at a location to defend a very specific target such as an airfield, a supply dump or a headquarters.

Offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only means of defence.

Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?