When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he’ll be there.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of ‚I know.‘ Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.

I have spoken about inflation, unemployment, farmers‘ problems, security, etc. I keep talking about these issues. I seek answers from the Indian government.

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

I never expect to lose. Even when I’m the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America’s servicemen and women.

Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt’s time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it’s different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment.

When you walk into my classroom, I’m going to give it to you straight, just like in the real world, because that’s the only way to prepare you for the real world.

Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

That’s what I do this for, to secure my family’s future. I don’t care about anything else. I’m able to spoil people, and that’s the best thing.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

Part of the reason there’s an injunction to the truth, for example, is that if you’re in a circumstance of extreme uncertainty, your best weapon, let’s say, or your best tool or your best defense is the truth, because it keeps things simpler.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I’m pretty strong on, on defense matters.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Actors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Most people don’t like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

With all singers, insecurity is your best security. That’s why we’re such loud people and why we walk all funny. You think, ‚Are people interested?‘ But I think our band has something and they know we don’t just put albums out. We do think about it.

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced – the just demands of peace and security will be met – or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.