Sam Nunn

“The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking is not.”

“A strong defense is the best deterrent.”

“We've got to be long-term investors in our own country.”

“When we are talking about nuclear weapons, the word 'sufficient' has no meaning.”

“We cannot be the world's policeman, but we can be the world's leader.”

“It is a lot easier to get into a war than to get out of one.”

“We must have a clear head and a clear will. The old formula, 'No more Vietnams,' has created a feeling of moral exhaustion.”

“The greatest threat to our national security is our national debt.”

“You cannot have a strong foreign policy without a strong economy.”

“Science and technology have been the engines of our prosperity.”

“The two most important things in the world are the sacred and the profane.”

“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.”

“You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.”

“I believe that the United States has a moral and a strategic obligation to be a leader in the world.”

“Bipartisanship is not a dirty word.”