Charles Krauthammer Quotes

The Secret Service said there have been 40 fence-jumping incidents at the White House in the past five years. Half of them were intruders trying to get in. The other half was President Obama trying to get out.

The acting director of the Secret Service, Joseph Clancy, said they may make the fence around the White House taller because of the recent security failures. When asked if he had any other ideas, he said, 'Uh, make the sidewalk lower?'

Now, like, I'm President. It would be pretty hard for some drug guy to come into the White House and start offering it up, you know?...I bet if they did, I hope I would say, 'Hey, get lost. We don't want any of that.'

Since 1980, there have been 91 breaches of security at the White House. Well, 92 if you count George Bush.

Well, what every place needs is a security plan that protects it.

I've always wondered: is there really any access to the White House?

If you put Sen. Kerry in the White House, I think you are going to see that another terrorist attack happen ... and I don't want to see another Sept. 11.

They're doing everything they can to tighten security at the White House. Today, on the roof of the White House, they added one of those fake owls.

We have first lady Michelle Obama on the show tonight. As you'd expect, security's been pretty tight. On my way in I got five pat-downs, and that was just from Joe Biden.

President Obama has appointed a new head of the Secret Service. The new Secret Service director was so excited that he jumped over the White House fence for joy.

Fences and walls can be effective and even soothing, at least for those who build them.

I want to see overwhelming force repel anybody who is trying to get into the White House.

We have the responsibility to protect our people and that's why we're building this fence. We've suffered from 19,000 terrorist attacks during the last three years.

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.

Some people build fences to keep people out; some people build fences to keep people in.

A gun in the hands of a secret service agent protecting our president isn't a bad word.

If it were up to me, I wouldn't have security. But Hef thinks I'm naive. He feels I'm vulnerable to kidnapping.

The President can't go around in a steel box, as much as the Secret Service would like him to. Protection is an art form, keeping the President available to the public while protecting. Most of the hard protection is done by the police, the perimeter work.

And if the big dog ain't me, then the house won't get guarded - period.

Obama took a tour of the Great Wall of China and said, 'We need one of these things around the White House.'

Fences and borders are a sign of weakness.

Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it's a necessity all the time.

Last night we had Bill Clinton, the former president. Security was as tight as Governor Christie's yoga pants.