“Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick opinion. This is the weak point of our defenses, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be so perverted as to cause the false to seem the true; the enemy, a friend, and the friend, an enemy; the best interests of the nation to appear insignificant, and trifles of moment; in a word, the right the wrong, and the wrong the right.” StatesMomentsSeemsGovernmentGivenNationsCausesInterestUnitedOpinionEnemyBreakUnited StatesSocietyConsequenceDirectWeakDefenseInsignificantTriflesWeak Points Author:James F. Cooper
“I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as the concrete foundation for American government. They reinforce the resolve that the United States is the greatest country in the world and we can all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for the beautiful legacy they left us today.” WorldBelieveCountryStatesGovernmentTodayBeautifulFatherIndividualLeftI BelieveUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRepublicanConstitutionFoundationGratefulI Believe InDefenseLegacyResolveConcreteFoundingPersonal ResponsibilityOur Founding FathersLimited GovernmentAmerican GovernmentIndividual FreedomNational Defense Author:Martha Raye
“We cannot allow the defense of American lives to be held hostage by the United Nations -- which has already given Saddam Hussein a final warning, and now wants to give him another final warning. And, if he doesn't heed that, they will threaten him with yet another warning.” IfsWantGivingWarGivenNationsUnitedFinalsDefenseWarningSaddamUnited NationsHusseinHeedHostageAmerican Life Author:Thomas Sowell
“That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I am a strong supporter of it.” ImportantMatterStatesStrongUnitedUnited StatesEconomicPolicyDefenseCapabilityForeign PolicySupporterNsa Author:Dick Cheney
“As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.” SaidStatesUnitedUnited StatesSecurityStrongerIsraelDefenseMinistersPrimePrime MinisterUnprecedented Author:Susan Rice
“I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.” StatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDefenseOccasionsMutualInvitedPresident BushTreaties50th Anniversary Author:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
“The events in Prague, together with the Berlin blockade, convinced the European recipients of American economic assistance that they needed military protection as well: that led them to request the creation of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which committed the United States for the first time ever to the peacetime defense of Western Europe.” FirstsWellsStatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMilitaryEventsCreationNeededFirst TimeEuropeOrganizationWesternCommittedProtectionDefenseConvincedAssistanceRequestBerlinTreatiesWestern EuropePragueBlockades Author:John Lewis
“I have heard the critics. What they are spewing are lies, nothing more. My defense policy calls for an efficient and strong military for our country. We live in dangerous times, but we must remember that we have to defend the United States against dangerous and modern threats. The Cold War is ending. Defense hawks like Senator Nunn need to understand this.” NeedsWarCountryStatesRememberLyingStrongUnitedUnited StatesHeardModernMilitaryDangerousPolicyColdThreatCriticsDefenseOur CountryEfficientSenatorsCold WarHawks Author:Mario Cuomo
“If they attack, we shall fight to the end. If the rockets had remained, we would have used them all and directed them against the very heart of the United States, including New York, in our defense against aggression. But we haven't got them, so we shall fight with what we've got.” IfsHeartEndsStatesUsedFightingUnitedUnited StatesHavensNew YorkIncludingDefenseAggressionRockets Author:Che Guevara
“9/11 was a signal that we were living in a new world - a world of interdependence, a world in which people could attack the United States not from the outside, but from the inside. It was a sign that the United States, the most powerful country in the world, could watch the cathedral of capitalism at the Trade Center and the heart of its defense at the Pentagon be struck internally, not really across borders, so that borders don't matter anymore.” PeopleWorldHeartCountryMatterStatesUnitedPowerfulWatchesUnited StatesCapitalismTradeDefenseBordersMost PowerfulNew WorldSignalsCathedralsInterdependencePentagonPowerful Countries Author:Benjamin Barber
“Europe has become the first line of defense for the United States. It has become a training ground for terrorists.” FirstsStatesLinesUnitedUnited StatesTrainingEuropeDefenseTerrorist Author:Tyler Drumheller
“Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It's to protect yourself from the police.” KnowsStatesLastsFormUnitedUnited StatesArmsBearsProtectConstitutionPoliceYeahDefenseTyrannyHuntsRight To Bear ArmsProtect Yourself Author:Ice T