George W. Bush Quotes

From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those duties has never been more important.

I think the idea that you would do everything you can to prevent what is coming at you by way of something very disruptive - a 9/11 - it's a no-brainer.

The safety of the country stands above all other considerations, and no matter what the cost, the safety of the country must be assured.

If terrorists attacked New York, Washington, or San Francisco with a weapon of mass destruction, the next day we will all be asking what steps we might have taken to prevent it. So the question is, “Why do we not take those steps now?”

I can do whatever is necessary to protect the United States.

We must do our best to shape the future. But we must not wish away the dangers of the present.

Fighting terrorism cannot allow one to be intimidated….We must take this fight to the terrorists.

We face a wide array of threats, which means we have to have a wide array of capabilities.

Hey, all I was trying to do was keep my country and my family safe!

Let's put the safety and security of the American people first.

The first job of the president of the United States is to protect your safety and your security and the security and safety of your family.

We have determined enemies who will use any means available to take the lives of as many Americans as possible. They cheered when the Twin Towers fell. They dream of even larger calamities. They must be stopped. And that requires an intelligence system that finds them, before they harm us.

There is only one course of action against terrorists: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home.

We have no butter... but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.

I share the Presidents commitment to fighting and winning the war on terrorism.

America is less safe today than it was the day that Barack Obama became President of the United States. It's absolutely inarguable.

In our efforts to battle terrorism and cyber attacks and biological weapons, all of us must be extremely aggressive. We must protect our people from danger and keep America safe and free.

America is less safe today than it was the day that Barack Obama became president of the United States.

I can tell you that I think America is safer today than it was on 9/11. But that doesn't mean that we don't have a long way to go.

I don't think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.

I think the vast majority of Americans would have supported military action to stop the second plane from hitting the World Trade Center, if that had been possible. I would have been among them.

As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.

To make life safe for all of our citizens, we must also address the growing threats we face from outside the country. We are going to defeat the barbarians of ISIS and we're going to defeat them fast!

I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best.

We will take whatever action is necessary to protect our people, including against the terror tunnels that they are trying to dig against us.