Cressida Dick Quotes

Anything can be justified by security.

Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed to. Metal detectors, police vehicle barriers and heavily-armed police officers become strangely commonplace after awhile.

It’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.

I think our police do an excellent job, day in and day out, working to keep us safe.

Having a police presence on public transport is vital to ensuring customers are safe.

Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.

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

The real protection of life and property, always and everywhere.

Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.

Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.

The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turkey or New York or Washington, we have to pay the price of guarding ourself, which is internal vigilance.

When a strong man armed, keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace

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

National security involves education for our children as well as silos for our missiles.

The issue of wiretapping raises the issue of the balance between human liberty and the requirements of national security. I would say that the weight should be on the side of human liberty and that if human liberty is ever to be infringed, the demonstration on the national security side must be overwhelming.

Fighting crime is not cheap, because it requires boots on the ground.

Stopping people you don’t trust is an essential ingredient. It is part of owning and governing the territory you’re patrolling

A security program where everything that is technical possible is done, undermines trust and in the long run produces less security.

All of us who work in law enforcement want to keep people safe. That is the heart of our jobs; it is what drives us every day.

One of the things that's important to me as a Londoner is making sure my family, people I care about, are safe.

As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.

I think it can be very safe to go to O'Hare and Wrigley and Sox park and Soldier Field, but you have to deal with some reality. Just because a threat is not specific and verifiable doesn't mean nearly what it used to mean, in terms of you being able to sleep well at night.

My first responsibility is to keep America safe.

Imagine Earth as a crime-ridden town, and there is one safe house. How do you keep that safe house, America, always safe? It is called vigilance.