25 Quotes by Philip Hammond

You shouldn't send people out to do a job which you cannot afford to equip them to do.

Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.

We will build in Britain a cyber strike capability so we can strike back in cyber space against enemies who attack us, putting cyber alongside land, sea, air and space as a mainstream military activity.

More and more, modern warfare will be about people sitting in bunkers in front of computer screens, whether remotely piloted aircraft or cyber weapons.

While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.

To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.

Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.

Cyber weapons provide the tantalising possibility of being able to cripple the enemy without inflicting lasting damage on them.

The military never uses a full word if they can create an abbreviation.