Donald Trump Quotes

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

What I'm OK with is protecting the American people. What I'm OK with is, when people have the intent to come to this country and take American lives, that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect the people of this country.

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

The American people have got a touchstone: Which party voted for the tools necessary to protect America and which party didn't? And that's what I'm trying to get people to focus on.

I... you know, I... look, after 9/11, I vowed to protect this country.

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.

We're not going to take the risk when it comes to the safety of the American people. No longer.

When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry.

The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.

My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe.

President Trump's made it clear that his administration is going to put the safety and security of the American people first.

President Trump has no higher priority than the safety and security of the American people. And he made it clear in this election, particularly in the wake of the terrorist attack in Paris where individuals had used a refugee program to gain access to that country.

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

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

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

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

Our immediate job is defense. We will play offense soon enough, but right now it is defense…. Your job is to keep America free by making Americans feel safe again

We have to be as militant defending America as the enemies of America are in trying to destroy America.

The important thing is that government gives the security services the tools that are necessary to keep us safe.

The bottom line is we are pursuing every single possible action to keep our country safe from terrorism.

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.

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

I don't have a philosophical objection, necessarily, to a travel ban if that is the thing that is going to keep the American people safe.

Hillary Clinton is going to make sure that Americans are safe at home and abroad.

My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical elements in that process.