Bill Maher Quotes

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

The primary role of government is to provide for the safety and security of their populations.

I think that, you know, state and local governments play a critical role in the protection of this country and the protection of certain systems like our mass transit system. And we share information daily with our state and local officials. I think it's one of the reasons that we are safer today and I have every confidence that, in developing its policies, that the New York transit authorities have considered the legal considerations they should be considering in making these kinds of decisions and in formulating this policy.

We have to find ways in which, collectively, we agree there's some things that government needs to do to help protect us, that in this age of non-state actors who can amass great power, I want my government - and I think the German people should want their government - to be able to find out if a terrorist organization has access to a weapon of mass destruction that might go off in the middle of Berlin.

Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property.

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo.

If the Bush Administration cannot ensure Americans that they will be safe from the flu, how will they protect our country against a possible bio-terror or chemical attack? The American people deserve better.

First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.

It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.

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.

Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety.

Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence.

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

We will not contract out the security of the American people …. You can’t compromise the safety of the American people.

Safety has been my top legislative priority. I'm driven by the idea that safety is really a core function of government.

Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.

I am honored to be nominated by President Trump to lead the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security in safeguarding the American people.

My job as Home Secretary is to keep families and communities across our country safe.

Safety and security are the most basic job of government. I understand that - both as a mayor who works every day to secure public safety and reduce crime, and also as someone who deployed in uniform to Afghanistan because I believed joining the military was part of my duty to help keep my country safe.

I think people are listening to our message of securing the homeland first, keeping the American people safe and improving our economic situation. I think those things are being received well, and we're moving forward here.

Lots of the free world has become weak. When you look at Brussels, when you look at the way they've handled things from law enforcement standpoints, when you look at Paris, when you look at so many other places, no, it's not. But neither is the United States a safe place, because we're allowing thousands of people to come in here. Nobody knows where they're from. Nobody knows who they are and they're coming in here by the thousands. And let me tell you something, we're going to have problems just as big or bigger than they've got.

It’s useful to compare our preparations for epidemics with our preparations for war.

Disaster management should be coordinated by the federal government, .. It is our exact responsibility.

The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security.