"I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures"

"Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security"

"Distrust and caution are the parents of security"

"In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine"

"I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility"

"I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets"

"As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security"

"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security"

"Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured"

"The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now"

"From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those duties has never been more important"