“According to true military art, one should never push one's enemy to the point of despair, because such a state multiplies his strength and increases his courage which had already been crushed and failing, and because there is no better remedy for the health of beaten and overwhelmed men than the absence of all hope.” MenShouldArtWarStatesEnemyFailingMilitaryDespairIncreaseAbsenceRemedyBeatenOverwhelmedCrushed Author:Francois Rabelais
“If I was trying to destroy this country, what I would do is find a way to drive wedges between all the people, drive the debt to an unsustainable level, and then step off the stage as a world leader and let our enemies increase while we decreased our capacity as a military person. And that's what [Hillary Clinton] doing.” PeopleIfsWorldWayTryingPersonsCountryLevelsLeaderStepsEnemyStageMilitaryCapacityIncreaseClintonDebtWorld LeaderWedges Author:Benjamin Carson
“Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in the capability of our military forces, and as a former military man myself - I was a professional naval officer, a submarine officer - I thought it was better, on a step-by-step, very carefully planned way, to increase the technical, or technological, capability of our weapons systems.” ThinkingMenWayWarForcePresidentStepsMilitaryWeaponsIncreaseFormerDramaticOfficersVietnamCapabilityTechnologicalVietnam WarReductionAftermathNavalMilitary ForceSubmarinesMilitary Man Author:Jimmy Carter
“By the accusation of liberal bias ... the institutions that conservatives revere - the military, corporate America, organized religion, and the powerful conservative groups themselves - will be able to escape scrutiny and increase their influence.” AbleAmericaPowerfulGroupsInfluenceMilitaryIncreaseInstitutionsConservativeCorporateOrganizedBiasScrutinyAccusationOrganized ReligionCorporate America Author:Eric Alterman
“Spending on the military doesn't increase the deficit.” MilitaryIncreaseSpendingDeficit Author:Ronald Reagan
“Do we substantially increase military spending and prepare for endless war in the middle-east, or do we make college affordable for all Americans, regardless of income. My answer: I will soon be introducing legislation that will make public colleges and universities tuition free.” WarAnswersMiddleMilitaryCollegeIncreaseUniversitySpendingEastEndlessIncomeMiddle EastIntroducingLegislationAffordableTuitionColleges And UniversitiesEndless WarMilitary Spending Author:Bernie Sanders
“We need to increase our military spending. We need to deal with a no- fly zone in Syria, a safe zone.” NeedsDealsMilitarySafeIncreaseSpendingZoneSyriaMilitary Spending Author:Jeb Bush
“I don't believe in the theory that the United States is reducing its presence in the Middle East. Quite the contrary, in the Gulf, we see an increase in American military presence, as well as an increase in American investments. The argument is more accurate when one says America is focusing more attention to the Far East. But I don't believe it comes at the expense of the Middle East.” BelieveWellsStatesAmericaUnitedAttentionUnited StatesMiddleMilitaryTheoryArgumentIncreaseInvestmentDon't BelieveEastContraryExpensesMiddle EastAccurateReducingAmerican MilitaryMilitary Presence Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“Donald Trump is going to lower taxes, Hillary Clinton's going to raise taxes. He's going to add to our military, she's going to decrease our military. He's going to support the police at a time in which we've had the biggest increase in crime in the last 41 years. He's going to take on radical Islamic terrorism.” YearsLastsSupportMilitaryCrimeTrumpTaxesIncreasePoliceRaisesAddClintonTerrorismRadicalIslamicDecreaseIslamic Terrorism Author:Rudy Giuliani