Mike Huckabee Quotes

First and foremost, my job is to protect the American people.

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

This is the United States of America. It means we respond to our fellow Americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster.

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

When you are pulling people out of the water and off of rooftops, there are no Republicans and no Democrats.

As Director of the FBI, I am sworn to ensure that my special agents have what they need to protect themselves and the citizens of this country, and that they are trained to properly use and properly deploy that equipment in the right times and places.

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

One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that well. To me, that's a government function, and we shouldn't be playing political games with it.

I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster.

In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources.

The time when people really want government is in an emergency.

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

America's entire homeland security enterprise positively invites questions even as it strives to reassure.

The one thing that our nation is truly responsible for is securing the nation, make sure the citizens are safe.

What we have is a great number of people working extremely hard to make sure that death number stays where it is and the people that have to go to shelters are taken care of tonight and for as many days as it takes and that we support our first responders that are out there keeping security.

If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban.

After the First World War, Germany was trying to build a democracy. Then when the Reichstag, the legislature, was burned down in 1933, this was seen as such an emergency that human rights had to be suspended. The attack on the World Trade Towers has allowed Bush and his gang to do anything. What are we to do now? I say when there's a code red, we should all run around like chickens with our heads cut off. I don't feel that we are in any great danger.

The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a matter of days, you can surely come to the aid of your own citizens in a shorter order of time.

The only solace can come from the state. In the Boston bombing, only a handful of people died in the end, even though a huge number were injured - and that was a huge attack in America. The government was very involved in providing aid and following up in the investigation.

The most important thing for us is to save lives.

We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.

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.

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

Once again, victims of disaster have turned to the UN and the international community in their time of need, .. The world needs the UN's leadership in these times, and the UN needs the world's support. We are communicating with the UN and its agencies to learn where UN Foundation funds may be of greatest assistance to the UN's relief efforts.

The American people expect the president of the United States to be prepared to support action to protect the people of this nation. And I know Donald Trump will.