Jacky Rosen Quotes

With terrorism becoming the increasing tactic of choice, the military component would become a smaller component of our national security system.

There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.

I think a lot of programs, policies have been put in place since 9/11, have prevented a 9/11-style attack. On the other hand, I think the threat has become greater, not lesser.

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.

We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.

I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism.

You can gesture at the transnational problem of Islamist terrorism all you like, but it's just hot air unless you invest in proper security on the ground in your own country, with the right safeguards to civil liberties.

Look, we constantly live looking at the issue of the threat of terrorism.

When these attacks occur, as they likely will, we will wonder what more we could have done to stop them.

I think, in the wake of Sept. 11, it's important for the American public to understand that to the extent that there are individuals within the United States who would undertake terrorist attacks, that we are doing something to address that.

We have to make sure we control who enters our country. And we have to sustain and increase our efforts to fight the terrorists at their source, both on the ground and in the battle for hearts and minds.

For the FBI and for the United States, the war on terrorism is a complex and perplexing issue. It is as complex and perplexing as any issue we have ever faced.

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat.

We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

We must fight and win the battle against terror overseas so we never have to fight it here at home.

We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.

We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in America. The right choice is to fight those terrorists where they are.

The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.

Counter-terrorism is not solely a military matter.