Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
We must maintain strong defenses, military and spiritual.
Armies are not only for offensives.
Every U.S. citizen should have the assurance that the U.S. government will come vigorously to their defense in a time of need, especially when they are unjustly tried in a foreign country.
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.
The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.
In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.