Alberto Gonzales Quotes

My thinking is, government is really there to do the things that people absolutely can't do for themselves. And that's mostly involved with the things that might kill you. And what might kill me? The environment and terrorism.

Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed.

The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security.

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo.

The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism.

First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.

I will make no apologies, ever, for protecting the lives and the safety of the American people. We have to give more tools to our folks to be able to do that, not fewer, and then trust those people and oversee them to do it the right way. As president, that is exactly what I'll do.

Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks.

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed to. Metal detectors, police vehicle barriers and heavily-armed police officers become strangely commonplace after awhile.

This is going to be a very transparent Justice Department. But I'm not gonna sacrifice the safety of the American people or our ability to protect the American homeland.

The occupant should take all due and needful measures to restore and ensure public order and public safety.

The Department of Homeland Security is keeping its plan to protect the nation’s roads and bridges secret from state and local officials who have day to day responsibilities for protecting them. What use is it if the people who have to adapt to it don’t know anything about its existence or what it says?

Government's first responsibility is the safety of its citizens.

We will not contract out the security of the American people …. You can’t compromise the safety of the American people.

You can’t secure the country from inside the Beltway. The Federal government has got to trust the state Attorney’s General with critical information.

I want to give the American people assurances that we are protecting them.

Michael Chertoff and the Department of Homeland Security, they have the primary responsibility of ensuring that our ports are secure.

I think our police do an excellent job, day in and day out, working to keep us safe.

Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety.

I am honored to be nominated by President Trump to lead the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security in safeguarding the American people.

We should not be playing politics with the security and safety of our commuters.

My job as Home Secretary is to keep families and communities across our country safe.

Safety and security are the most basic job of government. I understand that - both as a mayor who works every day to secure public safety and reduce crime, and also as someone who deployed in uniform to Afghanistan because I believed joining the military was part of my duty to help keep my country safe.

I support security at the borders. I think security is enormously important in the post-September 11th period. I think we have to know who's coming into this country. We have to be able to identify them; we have to be able to figure out who they are.