If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.
We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary.
The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military.
We need not renounce the use of conventional force. We will be ready to repel any clear and present danger that poses a genuine threat to our national security and survival.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its core, in terms of its objectives; then the military, as the experts, must be brought in to tell you how to do it.
If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.
We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.