Military Readiness Quotes

The American people deserve a blueprint for policymaking that is built upon the Constitution of the United States and the principles of fiscal discipline, limited government, accountability, and a strong national defense.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

I think myself under the necessity of informing your Honor, of the odd behaviour of the few Militia that were marched hither from Fairfax, Culpeper, and Prince William counties. Many of them unarmed, and all without ammunition or provision. Those of Culpeper behaved particularly ill: Out of the hundred that were draughted, seventy-odd arrived here; of which only twenty-five were tolerably armed. I proposed to the unarm’d, that as they came from home (at least with a shew) of serving their country; and as they were, from the want of arms, incapacitated to defend themselves, much less to annoy the enemy, or afford any protection to the Inhabitants

An army marches on its stomach.

… you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war.

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a good chance of eventually being fought.

In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.

It must be thoroughly understood that war is a necessity, and that the more readily we accept it, the less will be the ardor of our opponents.

Every dollar needlessly spent on our military … diminishes our overall security.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

We are deploying battle groups, battalions, which we consider necessary to convey a message of deterrence, credible deterrence, that if one NATO ally is attacked, it will trigger a whole response from the whole alliance.

Senator Clinton is very knowledgeable about national security and is probably going to be strong on defense. I have no doubts whatsoever that if she were president in January '09, she would not act irresponsibly and issue orders to conduct an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, regardless of the consequences, and squander the gains that have been made.

The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war.

Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.

We owe it to our troops to make policy that strengthens America now and in the future.

You can't carpet bomb ISIS if you don't have planes and bombs to attack them with. And if we continue those cuts that we're doing , not to mention additional cuts, we are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest Air Force this country has ever had, and that leaves us less safe.

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.

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

Within NATO, our Defence Capabilities Initiative has identified the essential capabilities all Allies must have for modern operations, and Allies are working to meet those requirements.

A certain degree of preparation for war ... affords also the best security for the continuance of peace.

The Commonwealth of Venice in their armoury have this inscription, "Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war.

I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.

As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. Since the Iraq conflict began, the Army has been pressing ahead to produce the armor necessary at a rate that they believe - it's a greatly expanded rate from what existed previously, but a rate that they believe is the rate that is all that can be accomplished at this moment.

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