Edward Snowden Quotes

The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.

One of our pillars has to be national security - our nation's security both domestically and abroad.

National security, both internal and external, is a challenge.

National security is not just things that go boom. It is not just terrorists and foreign adversaries.

I can only say this, a very, very important element of any country, but our country, and in my opinion, the single most important thing that a president can do is the defense of our country.

This is something - we have to have the best defensive capabilities. We need to coordinate all of our efforts with the private sector. We need to give them liability relief so that we can do that.

We have to remember that our defense is not just a commitment of money, it is a commitment of will.

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

I would say national security is work in progress.

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.

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff.

I think it's really important to start thinking about infrastructure as essential national security.

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

Throughout history every nation has tried to defend itself as far away from home as possible

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

Many threats to the homeland begin overseas, and that's where we need to be.

We want the president to act to keep America safe.

What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe.

Today, we are not likely to need to organize local militias for our defense now we have something called the Pentagon.

As a member of the Armed Service Committee and a co-chair of the Democratic National Security Task Force, I will continue to work to keep Americans safe at home and abroad.

I intend to be an advocate for Picatinny Arsenal which plays a vital role in both our national defense and our local economy, and to address emerging national security threats such as climate change and cybersecurity.

I left DOJ's leadership back in 2005. At the time, we were still building our national security capabilities in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. And we'd made a lot of progress.

As a national security aid, I worked with our military to strengthen our national defense.

When the lights go out at a power plant sometime in the future, we're going to know that that's a consequence of deprioritizing defense for the sake of an advantage in terms of offense.

So - our readiness to meet and defeat this kind of possible attack is forced upon us, both as a potent preventive of actual war and to insure survival in event of attack. This alertness to danger has to be translated into specific policies and activities in the several parts of the world where our rights - our way of life - can be seriously damaged. Work of this kind occupies my days and nights.