“To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, less spending on everything else from education to defense, or some combination of the above.” NationsSocialSecurityHigherTaxesProgramSpendingDefenseCombinationBudgetsSocial SecurityDeficitEntitlementMedicareModificationEntitlement ProgramsBudget Deficit Author:Ben Bernanke
“Every time the Secretary of Defense tries to get a hand on his many intelligence programs, we hear warnings about the dire consequences to liberty. When you look behind those warnings, what you really see is the CIA trying to preserve its perks.” TryingLooksHandsBehindsLibertyMilitaryConsequenceProgramDefensePreservesWarningSecretaryCiaPerks Author:Mark Riebling
“Unchecked, government social programs are a security threat because they weaken the ultimate line of defense: the free-born citizen whose responsibilities are not subcontracted to the government.” GovernmentSocialBornLinesResponsibilitySecurityCitizensProgramUltimateThreatDefenseSocial Programs Book:America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It Source: America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
“The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay more taxes, then this is going to lead to spending cuts. And if you put off the table things like national defense, then you're going to end up cutting more and more out of programs that aid the poor. So, I think there are consequences to this idea that tolerance for inequality requires us to - to just do nothing to make the wealthy contribute a higher share of resources to fund the government.” IfsThinkingIdeasEndsProblemGovernmentWealthPoorPayMoralCuttingGrowingShareEconomicHigherTaxesConsequenceResourcesProgramTablesSpendingDefenseAidsToleranceIncomeInequalityFundWealthyDistributionUnwillingNational DefenseEconomic ProblemsSpending CutsIncome Distribution Author:Bruce Bartlett
“I've always been into sports and yoga and running. I actually study a martial arts self-defense program called Krav Maga. I can't quite say it's easy, but it's fun for me and I love to do it.” ArtI CanSelfRunningFunEasySportsStudyYogaProgramDefenseMartial ArtsSelf Defense Author:Kari Matchett
“I will not speak to Vladimir Putin personally until we've rebuilt the 6th Fleet a little bit right under his nose; rebuilt the missile defense program in Poland right under his nose; and conducted a few military exercises in the Baltic states.” LittlesStatesSpeakBitsMilitaryExerciseLittle BitProgramDefenseNosesPutinMissilesPolandMissile Defense Author:Carly Fiorina
“Some have become more critical than others; for example, the submarines. And that's the Ohio Class submarine that needs to be modernized. The air component also needs to be modernized. The B-52, as someone earlier pointed out, is an outdated model that was flown by the grandparents of people that are flying it now. And we need a serious modernization program as well on our silo-launched missiles. All three are critical for the defense of the country.” PeopleNeedsWellsCountryThreeClassAirExampleSeriousModelsProgramCriticalDefenseFlyingGrandparentComponentsMissilesOhioOutdatedSubmarinesModernization Author:Marco Rubio
“The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to remain vigilant about it. We're not going to waver in the defense of our security or that of our allies and partners.” StatesIndividualUnitedCompanyUnited StatesSecurityProgramDefensePartnersIranAlliesSanctionsMissilesImposingVigilant Author:Barack Obama
“We went to the same college so I know [Hillary Clinton's] study habits, but when she was first lady of Arkansas, she did a lot of things already for children, and she was head of the Children's Defense Fund, and that's how I first heard her or met her, she was very very involved in really a very important social program to do something about children and women and education.” KnowsFirstsChildrenImportantSocialStudyHeardCollegeHabitInvolvedMetsProgramClintonDefenseFundFirst LadyArkansasSocial Programs Author:Madeleine Albright
“Federal nutrition programs are the first line of defense for food insecure Americans, but do not meet all of the needs of everyone who needs help.” NeedsFirstsHelpingLinesProgramDefenseNutritionInsecure Author:Vicki Escarra
“Right now we have a $600-billion or so Defense Department budget, but when you add in, for example, a trillion-dollar nuclear weapons program over the next decade or two, it adds significantly to it. So it's somewhere around $600 billion. We call for approximately cutting that in half and instead putting those dollars into true security here at home.” TwoHomeNextHalfCuttingSecurityExampleRight NowWeaponsProgramDollarsAddDefenseDecadesNuclearBillionsBudgetsDepartmentNuclear Weapons Author:Jill Stein
“The question is always how you get the number of troops needed. They do not have to be coalition forces. We also have to expand the training program for the Afghan National Army and the national police, in particular. and Defense Secretary Robert Gates has already announced support for a significant increase in the Afghan army.” ForceNumbersSupportParticularNeededTrainingProgramIncreaseArmyPoliceDefenseSignificantGatesTroopsSecretaryCoalitionsAfghanTraining Programs Author:David Petraeus
“The chairs [in Congress] are part of the "Gang of Eight." They get briefed on every covert-action program and everything like that. They know where all the bodies are buried. At the same time, they get far more campaign donations than anybody else from defense contractors, from intelligence corporations, from private military companies.” KnowsBodyActionCompanyMilitaryProgramCongressEightDefenseCampaignsCorporationsChairsBuriedGangDonationContractorCovert Author:Edward Snowden
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” YearsSoulSpiritualNationsSocialChangeMoneyMilitaryKingsProgramInjusticeDefenseCivil RightsRadicalUpliftingJailMore MoneyDoomVietnam WarPeace WarPeace And JusticeMilitarismInspirational MilitaryWar CrimesEconomic JusticeBreaking SilenceKings SpeechSpiritual DeathSoul ForceSocial ProgramsMilitary SpendingEvils Of WarLesser KnownMilitary Discipline Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration - and vital is the correct meaning of the term - of our national defense program; that we must never be caught in the same situation we found ourselves in 1917.” KnowsFoundTermSituationMilitaryProgramCaughtDefenseFactorsConsiderationNational Defense Author:George C. Marshall
“A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift, is approaching spiritual death.I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube. So I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor.” MenYearsLongWarAmericaSpiritualEnergyNationsSocialPoorSilenceEnemyMilitaryAdventureSkillsDrawsProgramRelationBetrayalDefenseUpliftingDestructiveFundVietnamAntiwarMore MoneySilence IsCompelledTubesRehabilitationDemonicBreaking SilenceSpiritual Death Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by addressing the root causes of terrorism and conflict. But it's not just about security. By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs Budget creates jobs and boosts the economy here at home.” HomeJobsNationsCausesEconomySecurityBuildingProductsDevelopmentProtectConflictEssentialsProgramRootsAffairInternationalTerrorismDefenseAidsBudgetsNational SecurityDiplomacyBoostRoot CauseForeign AidInternational Affairs Author:Tom Ridge