Rick Larsen Quotes

I just want to keep America safe. Who could be against that?

We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

Our ports and our borders are the most unprotected fronts in the war on terror.

As president of the United States, my top priority will be to keep America safe. We're going to go after the terrorist networks. We're going to go after Osama bin Laden. We are not going to live in fear in this country.

As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.

The search for national security is today a source for urban insecurity.

Our security and sovereignty stand together.

Security is an underlining interest of Israel.

The purpose of our common defense, after all, is to protect our people so that we can enjoy the blessings of peace, faith, freedom, family, prosperity.

Our national security is not a partisan issue.

It's incumbent upon all members of Congress to support legislation that keeps us safe at home and abroad.

I don't think any of us should forget that the security of America is our highest responsibility.

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a military force for its own protection.

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

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.

We are at war with enemies that still have the intent to do further damage to Americans at home and abroad.

We can go to the American people on this issue of winning the war [against terrorism]. We can go to the country on this issue because they trust the Republican Party to do a better job of protecting and strengthening America's military might and thereby protecting America.

Security and peace are not cheap.

I don’t have a problem going after people who want to attack this country

The United States is lucky: It has only two neighboring countries and oceans on both sides. We have over a dozen neighboring countries and we have a long and complicated history with them.

Peace is a goal, but what we need first is security.

Are there topics of sufficient import to the nation's well-being to replace the Soviets as the focus of U.S. intelligence?

The counterterrorism strategy known as CONTEST aimed to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from terrorism, so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence.

Many threats to the homeland begin overseas, and that's where we need to be.