Ashraf Ghani Quotes

We are keeping New Jersey one step, several steps, ahead of terrorism.

If we announced threats [to airlines and flights] as we received them, we would be catering to the terrorists' goals.

Liberal democracies like ours seem, for the most part, to have learned how to avoid meticulously planned mass-casualty plots with the complexity and scale of 9/11. But they don't know how to keep their citizens safe at night clubs and concerts, in supermarkets, on beachfront promenades, from truck drivers.

No matter what these terrorists do, I refuse to be terrorized. All this requires is just a few alterations in our day to day lives. For example, my first instinct when I receive an envelope full of white powder... is to snort it! I just won't do that this time!

We have to fight terror in one voice, rising above politics. That is when the common people will feel secure.

I believe when the country feels threatened it is important that we are seen to be working together to find an appropriate structure for dealing with terrorists in our midst.

America has survived and grown stronger through September 11th and subsequent wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and those who seek to do us harm. We have faced - and met - tremendous challenges ramping up a public health and safety system to protect Americans from future threats.

And so every one of us in the FBI, I don't care if it's a file clerk someplace or an agent there or a computer specialist, understands that our main mission is to protect the public from another September 11, another terrorist attack.

The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.

However, we do not lack anti-terrorist laws. I do not believe that the recent London bombs were the result of any deficiencies in our legal system.

The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counter-terrorism purposes.

I just want to keep America safe. Who could be against that?

I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.

The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.

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.

And finally, let me just say it is a fact that not every city can dedicate resources to terrorism.

And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.

Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.

When it comes to terrorism, the only path to safety is the path to action.

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

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

To the American people … nine years after 9/11, nine years of spending, and nine years of beefing up security you are still unsafe even in the holiest and most sacred of days to you, Christmas Day….

I love being the mayor of a city that is not defined by the hate filled act of a killer, but is defined by the way we respond: The Love and Compassion and Unity.

As the threat to harm the United States and U.S. interests evolves, we must adapt and confront these challenges, relying heavily on the strength of our federal, state, local, and international partnerships.

You can't leave the fight against terrorism to the government because it affects us as well.