Chris Christie Quotes

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

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.

First and foremost, my job is to protect the American people.

I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military have the information and funding needed to protect the American people from threats at home and abroad.

The Commission's findings underscore that the nation is still vulnerable to attack and that we must move more quickly to make us safer. We must take the Commission's work and use it to make certain that such horrific attacks never occur again.

President George W. Bush's aggressive war on Islamic terrorism produced a 100 percent perfect track record of keeping the United States safe from another attack. The result has been increased security for the American people, who, in turn, have become complacent about the true nature of the threat.

The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.

The safety of the American people has got to be our number one priority. That is our most important problem.

The chief duty of our federal government is the safety and security of the American people.

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, it became clear that the FBI's number one priority must be the prevention of another terrorist attack.

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.

When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly.

And so every one of us in the FBI, I don't care if it's a file clerk someplace or an agent there or a computer specialist, understands that our main mission is to protect the public from another September 11, another terrorist attack.

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

Every country in the world has its own security system and its own security forces, its own police and its own army.

I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York, the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, which is based on cameras, the outstanding work that results from that.

For the first time federal, state and local bureaus of investigation are coordinating their effort, to serve as eyes and ears and protect us against further attacks.

And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.

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

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

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.

Without - you know, good intelligence stops plots against the homeland. Without that intelligence, we cannot effectively stop it.

The Blue and White government, led by me, will assemble the strongest security cabinet against terrorism and restore deterrence.

Let us learn from the lessons of September 11 and not wait for a major strike before we act. We must work together - Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, government and the private sector - to make our country a safer and more prosperous place.