Dominic Grieve Quotes

Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.

Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

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.

Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability.

To preserve our security in a dangerous century, vigilance is not enough. National Intelligence must do more.

With terrorism becoming the increasing tactic of choice, the military component would become a smaller component of our national security system.

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

It is in the interest of France that the United States and Russia speak to each other and act in good faith against the scourge of terrorism in Syria, and contribute with our country to stabilizing a region where uncontrolled migrant flows begin today.

The U.K. is at the heart of intelligence gathering with our allies to call out hostile activity.

Our safety and security is more important than ever, and Congress needs to take an active role in enforcing international agreements that support global security.

India supports a rule-based order in Asia, as in the rest of the world. But we confront unavoidable challenges such as terrorism, conflicts, trans-national crimes and maritime threats.

The fight against terrorism will not be over tomorrow or next month, or even next year. The fight will endure for years to come, and as the threat changes, so too must we adapt to these transformations.

We need the cooperation of the Pakistanis. If we don't have any, we lose insight into the actions of those who would do our country harm.

Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda.

We will never abdicate the security of the United States to a foreign country or refrain from taking action when appropriate. But we cannot ignore the reality that cooperative counterterrorism activities are a key to our national defense.

After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world.

I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics.

The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.

Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political spectrum must come together to develop the next phase of our efforts to counter global terror.

Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.