Top 19 Defense Budget Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Defense Budget Quotes from famous people such as Pete Stark, Jennifer Granholm, Herman Kahn, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Bob Beckel, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

It is time we had a defense budget that lives within it

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.
Pete Stark
In Congress, while the House’s proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending – including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can’t equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.
Jennifer Granholm
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.
Herman Kahn
If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
I have long believed there is a lot of waste in the defense budget.
Bob Beckel
I have long believed there is a lot of waste in the defense budget.
Bob Beckel
If we can’t find cuts in the defense budget, we’re not looking carefully enough.
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
We can’t equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that’s not just measured in words or gestures.
Jennifer Granholm
Policy is no longer being written by politicians accountable to the American public. Instead, policies concerning the defense budget, deregulation, health care, public transportation, job training programs, and a host of other crucial areas are now largely written by lobbyists who represent mega corporations.
Henry Giroux
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.
Ted Stevens
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.
Ted Stevens
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.
Herman Kahn
We need a defense budget that’s big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.
Jim Talent
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.
Rick Larsen
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.
Rick Larsen
When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.
Leon Panetta
If we can’t find cuts in the defense budget, we’re not looking carefully enough.
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
In Congress, while the House’s proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending – including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can’t equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.
Jennifer Granholm
If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer