Mark Esper Quotes

We had the best-equipped and we have the best-trained military force on the face of the earth, right here in Oklahoma.

Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.

Our military and the strength of our military and the strengthening of our military is a number one priority for the Trump administration.

Lebanon does not have a powerful army.

We've got to make America strong again. And right now, we are not strong. Believe me. We have a depleted military. We have the greatest people in the world in our military. But it is very sadly depleted.

I told you about the jet fighters. Well it's like that with so many other things. So we are going to take care of our military.

We will be substantially upgrading all of our military - all of our military. Offensive, defensive, everything. Bigger and better and stronger than ever before. And hopefully, we'll never have to use it. But nobody is going to mess with us, folks. Nobody.

The first thing we need to do to make America stronger is to strengthen our military.

We have the best military in the world.

We do need our defense capabilities. It is a fact that the cuts we are facing today and the cuts that Senator [Ted] Cruz would have supported would leave us with an even smaller Air Force and a smaller Navy than the one we are going to be left with.

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction

We have the world's best military, even though he (President Barack Obama) has done everything he can to diminish it.

America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that.

Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.

We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.

We have the best-trained military in the world.

Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.

Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a military force for its own protection.

The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.

We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.

The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.

I'm relieved that the state of the Marines' readiness will remain high.

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

We won't always have the strongest military.