Allen Weinstein Quotes
NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings.
Weinstein, Allen. Testimony. Nomination of Allen Weinstein to be Archivist of the United States: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004, p. 56.
Defending a large expenditure for police protection:
The largest refinery also in Houston did not have a single armed guard on duty.
Allen Weinstein was an American historian, educator, and federal official who served in several different offices. He was, under the Reagan administration, cofounder of the National Endowment for Democracy in 1983. He served as the Archivist of the United States from February 16, 2005, until his resignation on December 19, 2008. After his resignation, he returned to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems as a senior strategist and was a visiting faculty member at the University of Maryland.