Security Quotes

"The precondition to freedom is security"

"For the vast majority of places in America, there is no way you can build a security system such as we have here because of the high priority this rates in terms of terrorist interests"

Kit Bond, Politician

"We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management"

Kevin Mitnick, Celebrity

"Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real"

Pat Roberts, Politician

"Since 1935, this has been a pay-as-you-go system, and I always believed when I first started talking about Social Security that there was a little box that had my name on it and it had my benefits for when I retired. That is not true"

Judy Biggert, Politician

"Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty"

Zoe Lofgren, Politician

"Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"For my children, it makes sense to talk about modernizing Social Security, letting them create stronger personal accounts, letting them get a higher rate of return over the long run"

John Sununu, Politician

"Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced another security failure for U.S. transportation systems"

John Mica, Politician

"And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or stability"

Rick Larsen, Politician

"Fundamentally, I believe that the U.S. can improve its international standing and its national security by expanding trade and strengthening its relationships with moderate Muslim countries"

Richard Neal, Politician

"Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security"

J. D. Hayworth, Politician

"The third group is focused on counterintelligence and security. I think the reason for that is fairly evident, in terms of vulnerabilities of the department and the harm that can come to it by failing to detect when we have, in fact, been harmed"

Stephen Cambone, Politician

"The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization"

Max Baucus, Politician

"Social Security should have a self-sustaining portion that was funded by contributions from both employers and employees. That's what we know and have known for 70 successful years"

James Roosevelt, Politician

"Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem"

Shelley Berkley, Politician

"Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also by other nations, governments, and individuals - people good and bad - as a symbol of America's abuse of Muslims, and it is fanning the flames of anti-Americanism around the world"

Diane Feinstein, Politician

"And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice"

Joseph Story, Judge

"I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides"

Joe Lieberman, Politician

"I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security"

Joe Lieberman, Politician

"Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system"

Kay Bailey Hutchison, Politician

"I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these problems unless they directly affect national security interests"

John Pomfret

"We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this important program"

Richard Neal, Politician

"Under the Bush plan, Social Security gets weaker, not stronger"

Richard Neal, Politician

"The lack of substantial resources and staffing along the Northern U.S. border poses a real security threat"

Mark Kennedy, Politician

"For a change, lady luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock"

Timothy Zahn, Writer

"If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security policy, we need to have a debate that includes a discussion about actual solutions to our problems, which means taking all of the political grandstanding and baiting out of the equation"

Raul Grijalva, Politician

"In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island"

Tim Bishop, Politician

"I think voiceover is an adjunct that actors have picked up that have given us some security"

Robert Stack, Actor

"At their core, Americans all want the same basic things: a quality education for their children, a good job so they can provide for their families, healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, security during retirement, a strongly equipped military and national security"

Ruben Hinojosa, Politician

"Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front"

Marty Meehan, Politician

"We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces"

Pat Roberts, Politician

"Because Social Security is specifically designed to boost the retirement income of low earners with a progressive benefit formula, the program has played an enormous and necessary role in keeping Latinas out of poverty"

Grace Napolitano, Politician

"So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose a tremendous risk. We must complete our mission"

Doc Hastings, Politician

"There is a difference between a military mission and the aspiration for the long-term plans for the country. What we want is a stable enough Afghanistan, able to look after its own security so we can leave without the fear of it imploding... But let's be clear - it's not going to be perfect"

Liam Fox, Politician

"Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income"

Judy Biggert, Politician

"With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison"

John Spratt, Politician

"Social Security, for example - I'm 43. I've paid into the system. You know what? That money has been stolen from me. I know that my parents who are on Social Security - they've got to continue to receive it. They're dependent on it. It is their primary source of income"

Joe Miller, Politician

"The IRS is currently considering a rule that would make it easier for tax preparers to disclose the private information contained in tax returns - including name, address, Social Security number, employer, income, and charitable donations"

Melissa Bean, Politician

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