“While it may be theoretically possible to demonstrate the risks inherent in any treaty... the far greater risk to our security are the risks of unrestricted testing, the risks of a nuclear arms race, the risks of new nuclear powers.” MayRaceGreaterRiskSecurityPolicyArmsNuclearNuclear WeaponsInherentTestingTreatiesNuclear PowerNuclear BombArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:John F. Kennedy
“Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.” MenGivingHomeEarthNightFaithFallSocialSleepGreaterPiecesOur LivesSecurityArmsSafetyFoundationProsperityBarsRemoveCommerceFabricBoltsBackboneHappy Home Author:Thomas Guthrie
“We are soldiers who devote ourselves to arms not for the invasion of other countries, but for the defense of our own, not for the gratification of our private interests but for public security” CountryInterestSecurityArmsSoldierDefenseOther CountriesGratificationInvasion Author:Nathanael Greene
“The United States of America has helped underwrite the global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans.” MenStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDemocracySacrificeBloodSecurityArmsCitizensSixMen And WomenProsperityDecadesGermanyUniformsUnited States Of AmericaKoreaBalkansService And Sacrifice Author:Barack Obama
“Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility of peacefully resolving a major threat to regional and international security. Without a deal, we risk even more war in the Middle East and other countries in the region would feel compelled to pursue their own nuclear programs, threatening a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region in the world.” WorldFeelsLittlesWarCountryAbilityDealsRaceRiskMiddleSecurityPossibilityArmsMajorsProgramThreatInternationalEastNuclearPursueRegionsIranRegimesMiddle EastOther CountriesNational SecurityThreateningCompelledSanctionsArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Barack Obama
“The alternative, no limits on Iran's nuclear program, no inspections, an Iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the risk of regional nuclear arms race, and the greater risk of war - all that would endanger our [American] security.” WarRaceGreaterRiskSecurityArmsLimitsWeaponsProgramNuclearAlternativesIranNuclear WeaponsArms RaceInspectionNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Barack Obama
“Essentially, Iran was sanctioned because of what had happened at Fordow, its unwillingness to comply with previous U.N. security resolutions about their nuclear program, and as part of the package of sanctions that was slapped on them, the issue of arms and ballistic missiles were included.” IssuesHappenedSecurityArmsProgramNuclearIranResolutionPackagesSanctionsMissiles Author:Barack Obama
“[Oliver North is a] document-shredding, Constitution-trashing, Commander in Chief-bashing, Congress-thrashing, uniform-shaming, Ayatollah-loving, arms-dealing, criminal-protecting, résumé-enhancing, Noriega-coddling, Social Security-threatening, public school-denigrating, Swiss-banking-law-breaking, letter-faking, self-serving, election-losing, snake-oil salesman who can't tell the difference between the truth and a lie.” SelfSchoolFunnyLawLyingSocialDifferencesSecurityArmsLosingLettersConstitutionElectionCongressOilCriminalsChiefsServingUniformsDocumentsThreateningSnakesSocial SecurityBankingPublic SchoolCommandersSalesmanSwissCommander In ChiefSelf ServingShreddingLaw Breaking Author:Chuck Robb
“I'm deeply grateful to live and work in this country and to the United States for opening its arms to me the way it has. I mean I think my attitude as an Aussie coming here - I've been coming here for a while now, I've been coming here for about 12 or 13 years - is that this country has afforded me and my family work and security. For that, I'm forever grateful.” ThinkingWayYearsMeanCountryStatesUnitedAttitudeUnited StatesForeverSecurityArmsMy FamilyGratefulOpeningMy AttitudeAussiesForever Grateful Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Arms alone can give the world no permanent peace, no confident security. Arms are solely for defense - to protect from violent assault what we already have. They are only a costly insurance. They cannot add to human progress.” WorldGivingHumansWarProgressSecurityArmsProtectAddDefenseViolentPermanentAssaultHuman Progress Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956
“We need an adequate defense, but every arms dollar we spend above adequacy has a long-term weakening effect upon the nation and its security.” NeedsLongWarNationsTermEffectsSecurityArmsDollarsDefenseLong TermAdequateWeakeningAdequacy Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.” PeopleThinkingLongGovernmentForceCommonMankindSecurityArmsAuthorityPeace And Security Author:John Locke
“There were times, though, when the women came together on a partisan basis. [When we stopped] the privatization of Social Security during George Bush, we linked arms.” TogetherSocialSecurityArmsBasesLinkedSocial SecurityPartisansPrivatization Author:Barbara Mikulski
“The international human rights framework is a vital component and engine for promoting global values. Governments have signed up to this international legal framework and we should hold them accountable, in all circumstances from environmental or labour standards, to trade talks, arms control and security issues as well as other international legal codes.” ShouldHumansWellsGovernmentValuesIssuesRightsSecurityArmsCircumstancesStandardsTradeEnvironmentalInternationalHuman RightsCodeLabourEnginesComponentsPromotingFramework Author:Mary Robinson
“A nuclear Iran is a threat to America's national security, and it is a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford to have a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region of the world.” WorldAmericaRaceSecurityArmsThreatIsraelNuclearRegionsIranNational SecurityArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms RaceNuclear Iran Author:Barack Obama
“The president of the United States is the commander in chief, and the people who work with him at the National Security Council are his arm in working with the Defense Department. And, quite frankly, they have responsibility for all of the government. We are one component of the government.” PeopleStatesGovernmentPresidentUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesSecurityArmsDefenseChiefsDepartmentNational SecurityComponentsCouncilCommandersCommander In ChiefSecurity Council Author:Chuck Hagel
“Americans have long felt that NATO isn't doing its job and that the Europeans aren't contributing enough. Trump has accelerated the decline in Atlantic solidarity by offering open contempt for NATO allies as well. The future of NATO now very much depends on Europeans. Can you begin to identify security threats, prepare yourselves and arm yourselves without the US?” WellsLongEnoughJobsFeltSecurityArmsDependsTrumpThreatAlliesContemptOfferingDeclineSolidarityContributingNato Author:Anne Applebaum