Sam Nunn

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

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

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

“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.”

“Bipartisanship is not a dirty word.”

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

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

“A strong defense is the best deterrent.”

“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.”

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

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