Security Quotes

"Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message"

Charles Vest, Educator

"A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially, politically and economically, is going to come from a much larger trend"

Bruce Sterling, Writer

"The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security"

Dennis C. Blair, Public Servant

"Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans"

Sue Kelly, Politician

"The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question"

Roger Mahony, Clergyman

"The President and I agree that Social Security needs to be preserved so that we can ensure that all Americans receive the retirement benefits they've been promised. But we disagree as to how best to fix the system"

Steve Israel, Politician

"I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested"

Steve Israel, Politician

"I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information"

Michael Mullen, Soldier

"The United States armed forces and coalition troops deserve recognition and support for their work to remove Saddam Hussein from power, and ensure the safety and security of the American people, civilians abroad, and the people of Iraq"

Mark Kennedy, Politician

"The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget"

Mark Dayton, Politician

"If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too"

Mark Dayton, Politician

"I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare"

John Dingell, Politician

"Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security. You couldn't make this thing up"

Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader

"But as you said, there are going to be those that have no record and cannot be detected in that capacity so that is why you have to have other layers of security"

Asa Hutchinson, Lawyer

"Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and secure borders and the security and prosperity of the Palestinian people must be guaranteed"

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President

"If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on"

Gwen Ifill, Journalist

"We must level with the people and explain to them that Social Security will first face funding problems in 2042 that can be fixed now with changes that do not undermine and ultimately drain from the entire program"

Grace Napolitano, Politician

"When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all"

Ludwig Quidde, Critic

"Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected"

Ludwig Quidde, Critic

"The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice"

Ludwig Quidde, Critic

"The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second"

Ludwig Quidde, Critic

"Under the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, not one person is actually guaranteed benefits"

Ginny B. Waite

"Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind"

Ginny B. Waite

"I have the highest number of Social Security recipients of any Member of Congress, and it is always good to hear about how women in their districts are affected by any changes, by the need for changes in Social Security"

Ginny B. Waite

"I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing"

Enya, Musician

"Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government"

John Boehner, Politician

"But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations"

Sue Kelly, Politician

"If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is often totally reliant on her family and Social Security for her retirement years"

Ginny B. Waite

"Today's message to Baghdad is very clear: the UN Security Council resolution expresses the unity and determination of the entire international community to assume its collective responsibility"

Javier Solana, Politician

"The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights"

Janet Napolitano, Politician

"The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated"

Peter DeFazio, Politician

"A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization"

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President

"In addition to a timeline, I have proposed that U.S. troops be removed from front line combat positions in Iraqi cities and towns, turning over daily security patrols, interactions with citizens, and any offensive security actions to the Iraqis themselves"

Peter DeFazio, Politician

"While port security remains one of our single greatest vulnerabilities, it makes little sense to give operational control of our ports to a foreign nation without first doing proper investigations"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance"

Eisaku Sato, Politician

"It's basic due diligence to make sure that whenever a foreign entity acquires a controlling interest in a U.S. company that national security isn't threatened"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe"

Bob Taft, Politician

"The true credit for our safety and security goes to our men and women who are serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan in the global war on terrorism"

Asa Hutchinson, Lawyer

"Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace"

Ludwig Quidde, Critic

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