Security Quotes

"I believe our foreign assistance should be scrutinized, should be debated, and that we should strike the right balance, but in all cases the foreign assistance that we provide around the world should be used to further our national security interests"

John Sununu, Politician

"Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that they're not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom"

Joe Lieberman, Politician

"The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority"

J. D. Hayworth, Politician

"The American people demand results, not rhetoric, especially when it comes to national security issues"

J. D. Hayworth, Politician

"The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end"

Rob Simmons, Politician

"The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created"

Virginia Foxx, Politician

"People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care"

Tom Daschle, Politician

"Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts"

Jacob Hacker, Musician

"As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state"

Rick Larsen, Politician

"We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens"

Rafic Hariri, Statesman

"The Patriot Act addresses various subjects. Some sections are beneficial and enhance our national security"

Mike Honda, Politician

"We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth"

Neville Chamberlain, Politician

"We have seen voters denied their rights in recent elections as they have been incorrectly purged from lists, their absentee votes not counted, and voting machine integrity and security not assured"

Marcy Kaptur, Politician

"I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged"

Maurice Strong, Businessman

"Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments"

Tom Coburn, Politician

"Lasting peace and security in Iraq and Afghanistan will be achieved when we establish the conditions for democratic, economically viable nations"

John Warner, Politician

"I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety"

John Pistole, Public Servant

"I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'"

John Pistole, Public Servant

"There is such a desire to give everybody a piece, we're probably wasting a great deal of homeland security money trying to be politically correct, when we really need to make sure that our cities get the money they need"

Shelley Berkley, Politician

"As our country increasingly relies on electronic information storage and communication, it is imperative that our Government amend our information security laws accordingly"

Jo Ann Davis, Politician

"Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment"

Kit Bond, Politician

"One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates"

Kit Bond, Politician

"But a lot of businesses out there don't see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it's still a hard sell for people"

Kevin Mitnick, Celebrity

"Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms"

Kevin Mitnick, Celebrity

"Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won"

Sherrod Brown, Politician

"Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs"

John Thune, Politician

"The face of terrorism in Iraq is dead. Abu Musab al Zarqawi brutalized, tortured, and killed thousands of innocent people, forcing Iraqis to live in fear. The Iraqi people finally had enough, and gave up his whereabouts to the Iraqi security forces"

Tim Murphy, Politician

"We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people"

Sherrod Brown, Politician

"Even the best data security systems can't protect private taxpayer information from entrepreneurial foreign businesses than can make huge profits selling U.S. taxpayer information"

Melissa Bean, Politician

"Mr. Speaker, Americans want, need, and rightfully expect Congress to protect them from the prying eyes of identity thieves and give them back control of their Social Security numbers and personal health information"

Luis Gutierrez, Politician

"The number of attacks on the American and allied forces is at the highest level since the insurgency began despite the increase of America combat operations and the introduction of some 40 new Iraq security forces and battalions"

Ike Skelton, Politician

"If we had been less reliant on technology and the security that we enjoy in being divorced from what we used to know, maybe things would have turned out differently"

Heather Donahue, Actress

"The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood"

George B. McClellan, Soldier

"The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill"

Jim Cooper, Politician

"Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly for the Principals Committee, which is the key national security group of top officials to take up the issue of terrorism"

Sidney Blumenthal, Journalist

"However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent, and risky private accounts won't make up for the loss of benefits for millions of Americans"

Ruben Hinojosa, Politician

"A person's credit report is one of the most important tools consumers can use to maintain their financial security and credit rating, but for so long many did not know how to obtain one, or what to do with the information it provided"

Ruben Hinojosa, Politician

"The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security"

William Cavendish, Public Servant

"We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace"

Markus Wolf, Public Servant

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