Security Quotes

"If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion"

"For the next century, the Republicans have agreed that we will promote the dignity and future of every individual by building a free society under a limited, accountable government that protects liberty, security and prosperity for a brighter American dream"

Todd Tiahrt, Politician

"The ultimate security is your understanding of reality"

H. Stanley Judd, Author

"I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair"

Erma Bombeck, Journalist

"The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power"

Colin Powell, Statesman

"I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security"

Jim Garrison, Public Servant

"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people"

George W. Bush, President

"A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that"

Madonna Ciccone, Entertainer

"In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders"

Joe Baca, Politician

"There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune"

J. Paul Getty, Businessman

"Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found"

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Writer

"It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security"

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician

"To my knowledge, the Department of Homeland Security has focused on detection devices that are large, expensive, use a large amount of energy, and cannot easily be placed in or on a shipping container"

Jim Ryun, Athlete

"Mr. Chairman, on September 11, we were attacked by terrorists who took advantage of weaknesses in our border security. After infiltrating our country, the terrorists were able to conceal their real identities, and thereby plot their attacks without fear of being apprehended"

Jim Ryun, Athlete

"In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually"

Jim Ryun, Athlete

"As I said a moment ago, there is no higher priority in our budget, or certainly in the budgets of the past few years, than providing for what is needed for the protection and security of our country and support of our troops"

Jim Ryun, Athlete

"For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair"

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Writer

"When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic"

Barack Obama, President

"We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare"

Barack Obama, President

"It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label"

Barack Obama, President

"I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount"

Barack Obama, President

"My security comes from my senses, my sensing the direction I should go and suddenly I felt out of tune, out of step with what other people wanted or what other people expected of me"

Kim Novak, Actress

"Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system"

Corrine Brown, Politician

"First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of our laws and undermines national security efforts"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

"Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire"

Jan Egeland, Public Servant

"Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security"

William F. Buckley, Jr., Journalist

"In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House make the security of our Nation's ports a priority"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"The regional security in the Middle East cannot be further compromised by an Iranian loose cannon"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years"

Neal Boortz, Journalist

"On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break"

Robert Anton Wilson, Writer

"One cannot have economic growth without security"

John Bruton, Politician

"The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the security of being a permanent employee"

Germaine Greer, Activist

"We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure"

Karl Popper, Philosopher

"Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality"

King Hussein I, Statesman

"It's horrible to think that a small cadre of people would manipulate that information. I mean, for God's sake, we've admitted that we were experimenting on our veterans with mustard gas. So there is no security question. It can't possibly be the reason"

Dwight Schultz, Actor

"I imagine that the intention is to get rid of them. The interests of security demand that we get rid of them"

Moshe Sharett, Statesman

"An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?"

Moshe Sharett, Statesman

"What I heard was that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory. He'll have Social Security reform passed, that he'll have tax reform passed, that he'll have conservative judges on the courts"

Pat Robertson, Clergyman

"Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release"

Germaine Greer, Activist

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