Margaret Thatcher On Defence Of The Realm.

“…The defence budget is one of the very few elements of public expenditure that can truly be described as essential. This point was well-made by a robust Labour Defence Minister, Denis (Now Lord) Healey, many years ago: ‘Once we have cut expenditure to the extent where our security is imperilled, we have no houses, we have no hospitals, we have no schools. We have a heap of cinders.’ ” — Margaret Thatcher.
(Of course, we do have an alternative. Let's pretend that everything will always be fine. After all - it worked really well for the disarmers between the wars, didn't it?)