Peter T. King Quotes


In the real world in which we live, it's a dangerous world. And you know the old saying is that we have to be right 100 percent of the time; the terrorists only have to be right once.


Citations

King, Peter T. Remarks at House Homeland Security Committee Hearing. U.S. Government Publishing Office, 22 Mar. 2007.

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Peter T. King
Peter T. King
  • Born: April 5, 1944
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Peter Thomas King is a former American politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2021. He represented a South Shore Long Island district that includes parts of Nassau County and Suffolk County and was numbered as the 3rd and later the 2nd district.