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.
I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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...
We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.
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.
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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.
