Blase J. Cupich Quotes

I can't afford security. I can't afford a gated house. So, I feel a little vulnerable. I wish some laws would come into play.

I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first.

Our experience shows that security does not lie in weapons or fences or armies.

I'm happiest in an empty church. I love the smell of a church.

I never knew how protective I was until I had my own child. I'm already thinking about intruders coming into the house and what our escape route would be.

And so we try to address those concerns in every way possible, recognizing, again, in the final analysis, everybody on that flight wants to be assured with the highest level of confidence that everybody else on that flight has been properly screened, and including me and you and everybody.

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

I ride my bike past the Danish Parliament, and it's very accessible - there's really no security!

Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.

If I do nothing else, I'm going to make this a safe state.

We keep our nuclear policy somewhat ambiguous because of national security.

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

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

We should not be playing politics with the security and safety of our commuters.

Most Israelis do want to keep Israel safe. The question is how do you do that.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

I don't have a philosophical objection, necessarily, to a travel ban if that is the thing that is going to keep the American people safe.

If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy.

In our efforts to battle terrorism and cyber attacks and biological weapons, all of us must be extremely aggressive. We must protect our people from danger and keep America safe and free.

A crucial question is how to balance surveillance with privacy and keeping Americans safe.

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.

I will never, ever apologize for protecting the safety and security of the American people.

Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his life insurance.

I fought the idea of having security for a very long time, because I really value normalcy. I really do. I like to be able to take a drive by myself.

I think that my stance on having people come in to this country that we have no idea who they are and in certain cases you will have radical Islamic terrorism. I'm not going to have it in this country. I'm not going to let what happened to France and other places happen here. We have hundreds of thousands of people that have been allowed into our country that should not be here. They shouldn't be here. They have no documentation and they were allowed under the previous administrations, they were allowed into our country. It's a big mistake.