The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

Men of honor, men of God in a healthy society, stand in defense of justice

Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied.

The thing that grieves the heart of the Lord is when truth is ridiculed. When God doesn't see men who stand in defense of the truth.

The thing that grieves the heart of the Lord is when God doesn't see men who stand in defense of the truth

We must not allow our pride to be the motivation behind our apologetics; rather, philoverity, the love of truth must be the full and complete motivation. For pride corrupts truth.

The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no limit to the ingenuity of science and no limit to the deviltry of human beings.

The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend.

Isn't the best defense always a good attack?

The price of eternal vigilance is indifference.

It is not the armed forces which can protect our democracy. It is the moral strength of democracy which alone can give any meaning to the efforts at military security

Stretch a bow to the very full, And you will wish you had stopped in time.

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

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail.

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. They are necessary symbols. They protect what we cherish. But they are witness to human folly.

It is not widely known that, ever since the end of the Korean War, the United States has spent essentially the same amount of money on defense, in real terms, every single year.

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace or insure it victory in time of war.

It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.