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Defense Budget Quotes

Perspectives on military spending and national priorities

These quotes weigh in on debates over military spending, from concerns about borrowing to fund defense to support for keeping the budget strong. Several relate to America's broader national security priorities.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Budget
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Nov 07, 2020

I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely.

Quotes by Vicky Hartzler

Nov 07, 2020

There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.

Quotes by Ted Stevens

Nov 07, 2020

The reality is, the United States has global interests. Our defense budget is about the same as the defense budgets or military budgets of every other country in the world put together.

Quotes by Robert M. Gates

American People
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Nov 07, 2020

I ask the American people to consider the legacy this administration has handed us in the defense budget as we spend billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars without the tools and ability to track these dollars.

Quotes by Rick Larsen

Best
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Nov 07, 2020

It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops.

Quotes by Pete Stark

Budget
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Nov 07, 2020

At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted for spending reform, but in a targeted fashion that genuinely changes unsustainable spending trajectories while preserving U.S. defense capacity.

Quotes by Pete Hegseth

Peace
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Nov 07, 2020

If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.'

Quotes by Mitch Daniels

Big
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Nov 07, 2020

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

Quotes by Jim Talent

Place
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Nov 07, 2020

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs.

Quotes by Herman Kahn

One quote also highlights a gender gap in support for large defense expenditures, adding nuance to the debate. Together they show the ability of budget policy to shape both politics and public opinion.

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