Caspar Weinberger quotes

Caspar Weinberger was an American public servant and politician, renowned for his role as Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan. His leadership greatly influenced U.S. defense policies during the Cold War era. He is remembered for advocating significant increases in military spending and a strong national defense posture. Here are 4 of his quotes:

It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq.

Caspar Weinberger

Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.

Caspar Weinberger

Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience.

Caspar Weinberger