Lee H. Hamilton Quotes

There isn’t any doubt that in fighting the War on Terrorism you increase the power and scope of government, and it becomes more intrusive.

The safety and security of the nation depends more so than ever before on intelligence.

We need intelligence services to fight against terrorism, but they have to respect the principles of good relationships between allies and protect personal, confidential data.

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.

The problem is that the same technological tools we use to thwart terrorists can also be used against the people whose job it is to stop them.

For the vast majority of places in America, there is no way you can build a security system such as we have here because of the high priority this rates in terms of terrorist interests.

I believe when the country feels threatened it is important that we are seen to be working together to find an appropriate structure for dealing with terrorists in our midst.

We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life.

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

The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.

To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can't continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th.

Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the homeland security budget and implemented a bipartisan overhaul of our intelligence systems.

For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.

In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders.

The very controversial National Identification Act of 1991, requiring all United States citizens to carry identification, has greatly enhanced the ability of law enforcement officers to identify criminals and terrorists.

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

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies.

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

Democracies can’t accomplish much of anything without the free flow of information – including waging the war on terrorism.

Terrorist infiltration should be resisted not at the national level, but at the international policies level.

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

We know there are terrorists communicating with individuals in the United States. We just can't see what they're saying.

I am ready to debate how we fight terrorism without giving up our liberty.

Because of what happened on 9/11, a lot of our resources, our money and our people were dedicated to the terrorism fight.

Let there be no doubt: we will be tough on terror wherever it strikes.