"Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families"

"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next"

"I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy"

"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next"

"Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers"

"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value"

"Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there"

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom"

"Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion"

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded"

"Design is not for philosophy it's for life"