Ashraf Ghani Quotes

Victory looks like no more September 11ths.

Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack.

Remaining vigilant toward this ever-present threat means constantly learning how better to protect ourselves. But primarily it reminds us that we must fight and win the war on terror, so that we do not have to fight it here in America.

In some ways, September 11, 2001, seems a long time ago. Yet we have done so much in only a few years, and we will continue to do so in the future, to prevent such attacks on America.

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

I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.

We have an incredible warrior class in this country - people in law enforcement, intelligence - and I thank God every night we have them standing fast to protect us from the tremendous amount of evil that exists in the world.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.

There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. For us to spend so much time patting ourselves on the back because we got bin Laden that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy.

One of the worst things we could do is start to act now as though the attack of 9/11 is a thing of the past and will never be repeated. That's just not true.

The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat.

As president of the United States, my top priority will be to keep America safe. We're going to go after the terrorist networks. We're going to go after Osama bin Laden. We are not going to live in fear in this country.

The American people do not want to be blown up. Anything that prevents the American people from being blown up is all right with the American people.

Fighting terrorism cannot allow one to be intimidated….We must take this fight to the terrorists.

When these attacks occur, as they likely will, we will wonder what more we could have done to stop them.

We could have prevented the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon if we had 20,000 troops shoulder to shoulder.

The search for national security is today a source for urban insecurity.

The United States cannot live with terror.

Who did I fight? I fought terrorists. Who did I protect? I protected the whole of Russia so that people in Moscow or St. Petersburg... could live in peace.

We are a country that met successes in the fight against terrorism.

I vowed to our countrymen that I would do everything I could to protect the American people... That's why I said to Afghanistan: If you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist.

Thank God we're safe. What I anticipated on Sept. 11 was that we would be attacked many times between then and now, and we haven't been.

I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.