Security Quotes

"It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation that he signed onto after the Gulf War, so that he would not be a threat to peace and security, he has ignored and flaunted"

Condoleezza Rice, Statesman

"A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support"

Wentworth Miller, Actor

"The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight"

A. J. P. Taylor, Historian

"The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries"

Nancy Pelosi, Politician

"Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble"

Nancy Pelosi, Politician

"I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'"

Bruce Scheneier

"We've talked to the Europeans about it. It's clear if those negotiations fail, then we are agreed with the Europeans that the next step is to take the matter to the U.N. Security Council"

Stephen Hadley, Politician

"I oppose the president's plan to privatize Social Security"

Brian Higgins, Politician

"The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected"

John Culberson, Politician

"Poverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the Transkeian migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and then back again"

Ruth First, Activist

"Secondly, security. Both the challenges we face in the world and the responsibilities that our country has in protecting our people, are major issues. We need to do more in the context of domestic security"

Robert Menendez, Politician

"The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going to go on the flight"

John Pistole, Public Servant

"But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about your safety, your security, and your privacy. Let's work together in partnership to ensure that we can have the best way forward"

John Pistole, Public Servant

"One poll shows that by 61 percent to 29 percent Americans under 40 say that Social Security needs to be fixed"

Virginia Foxx, Politician

"I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren"

Tom Coburn, Politician

"We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is just entering the workforce"

John Thune, Politician

"TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all"

John Mica, Politician

"I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people"

Phil Crane, Politician

"The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me"

Ida Tarbell, Journalist

"Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets"

Max Baucus, Politician

"I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that the attacks would almost certainly push us as a nation more toward security"

Michael Hayden, Public Servant

"People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear"

Dan Farmer, Scientist

"We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere"

Kate Clinton, Comedian

"And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our common security, but it means fulfillment of all standards of civilized world, like protection of human rights and democratic mechanisms"

Aleksander Kwasniewski, Politician

"Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators"

Zell Miller, Politician

"John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security"

Zell Miller, Politician

"Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF"

Paul Cellucci, Politician

"We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we have a number of layers of security beyond the airport checkpoint. We gather as much information about a passenger as the law allows without profiling"

John Pistole, Public Servant

"Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land"

Daniel Inouye, Politician

"The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent"

Chaka Fattah, Politician

"Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime"

Carrie P. Meek, Politician

"With Ice Cube they ain't no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do The Sunday, two old men sitting around the house waiting on the social security check"

Mike Epps, Comedian

"Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world"

Garet Garrett, Journalist

"Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit"

James Roosevelt, Politician

"It has to have a payroll tax that's dedicated to Social Security. The Social Security tax has been very successful over the years in raising almost all of our elderly citizens out of poverty"

James Roosevelt, Politician

"It was a great way to work. In those days, you had to be there. It was your world. It was your club. Your friends were there, your associates were there, your security was there"

Elmer Bernstein, Composer

"I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests"

Lois Capps, Politician

"Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The federal government will never outsource our security"

Kit Bond, Politician

"At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost"

Karl Jaspers, Psychologist

"It is outrageous to know that security procedures are apparently so lax at the Department of Veterans Affairs that a single bureaucrat had the ability to put the personal information of over 26 million Veterans at risk for sale to the highest criminal bidder"

Bob Ney, Politician

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