Security Quotes

"We are so appreciative of the men and women in uniform who are protecting us, whether in Afghanistan or Iraq or on ships around the world. For our security, they are taking the offensive to the terrorists overseas"

George Allen, Politician

"Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard and contributing to the greatness of our nation, every American should have a secure retirement"

Debbie Stabenow, Politician

"Though Congress continues to explore possible solutions to ensure social security solvency, everyone must take personal responsibility to prepare their own retirement savings accordingly"

Ron Lewis, Politician

"And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue"

Zach Wamp, Politician

"In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is not a major issue"

Robert Kagan, Writer

"Britain has taken itself out as a major player in the international system, at least for a while, with the kind of cuts that they've made in their national security budget"

Robert Kagan, Writer

"We want to develop innovative ways to promote savings so more Americans can save for their future, but first we need to reject privatization schemes and work together to strengthen Social Security"

Debbie Stabenow, Politician

"Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible"

Jalal Talabani, Politician

"I couldn't go anywhere unless there was a security guard with me. That spoiled my life. It was like being in captivity. Those days are gone, and I don't ever want to see that happen to me again. Now I can wander around the streets of Los Angeles on my own. I like it that way"

Christine McVie, Musician

"We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people"

Thad Cochran, Politician

"I think in national security, the war in Iraq is troublesome and a difficult challenge, but our troops and the military leaders we have are managing that situation, although it continues to be very risky and very dangerous"

Thad Cochran, Politician

"And it's also producing a growth in debt to the United States that will weight very heavily in a country that has to address issues like having more old people to be covered by Social Security or by pension in the future"

Rodrigo Rato, Politician

"By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors"

Kenzaburo Oe, Writer

"We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards"

John Baldacci, Politician

"This inevitability of conflict motivates us today and echoes the reminder that freedom is not given away and our national security is not achieved without sacrifice"

Jim Walsh, Politician

"It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security"

Agnetha Faltskog, Musician

"I'm a professor of national security studies, and I know a lot more about fighting than Rumsfeld does"

Barry McCaffrey, Soldier

"We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo"

Vito Fossella, Politician

"We are not going to damage our safety and our security. We're not going to give those extremists the privilege to come so freely to Israel in order to carry out more attacks against us and kill us one day after another"

Silvan Shalom, Politician

"We must carefully consider card security solutions, such as adding photographs or machine-readable electronic strips, so to prevent further breaches of individual privacy that could result from changes to the design of Social Security Cards"

Ron Lewis, Politician

"Second, the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security"

Jeff Miller, Politician

"Social Security Number Cards by themselves were never intended to be personal identity documents because they cannot confirm that a person presenting a card is actually the person whose name appears on the card"

Ron Lewis, Politician

"The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible"

Silvan Shalom, Politician

"What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?"

Rahm Emanuel, Politician

"Without significant reform, the Social Security Administration will be legally and financially unable to pay full promised benefits within a generation"

Ron Lewis, Politician

"Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist"

Tim Kaine, Politician

"Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first step toward undermining the program's fundamental goals"

Patty Murray, Politician

"In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs"

Wayne Allard, Politician

"But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties"

Donald G. Mitchell

"Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits"

Tony Snow, Journalist

"The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth"

Robert Casey, Politician

"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby"

Natalie Wood, Actress

"A Harris poll I've seen says only 12 percent of the electorate names taxes as one of the most important issues facing the nation. Voters put tax cuts dead last, behind education, Social Security, health care, Medicare and poverty"

Lane Evans, Politician

"One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff"

John Poindexter, Public Servant

"Such problems are not solved in one day but there is a great step toward peace and security in the region"

Paul Kagame, Statesman

"The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid"

Wietse Venema, Scientist

"The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it"

John Conyers, Politician

"This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended"

Wietse Venema, Scientist

"There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security"

Andrew Card, Politician

"The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle"

Randy Neugebauer, Politician

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