Chuck Todd Quotes

The Blue and White government, led by me, will assemble the strongest security cabinet against terrorism and restore deterrence.

The Republic will not be destroyed by terrorism.

Here at home, for goodness's sakes, we have to finally pass a law prohibiting people on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy a gun in the United States of America.

A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.

The best way to fight the terrorists is to have the freest country on earth. You should be able to get on an airplane, and people - that will not possibly happen again.

True terrorism, you know, weaponized fear. In defense of ourselves, we're fighting - actively fighting something else. But if you're going to fight terrorism, to me, you fight the root causes of terrorism.

We have to face the fact that meaningful gun control has to be a part of homeland security.

Terrorism in the country will not be tolerated at any cost.

I'm concerned about how and why there is no gun control.

I think again we're way out of balance. We've got to rein in what has become almost an article of faith that almost anybody can have a gun anywhere at any time. And I don't believe that is in the best interest of the vast majority of people.

Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?

If you put Sen. Kerry in the White House, I think you are going to see that another terrorist attack happen ... and I don't want to see another Sept. 11.

Over the last few years they have done a superb job in their fight against al-Qaida. As you may recall, our embassy in Jedda (in Saudi Arabia) was overrun some four years ago and a number of foreign workers went home because of violence against them.

There should be at least ten times the number of rifles in the country as there are now.

I want saner gun laws. I think all these automatic weapons should be banned, big clips and handguns should be banned. As far as I'm concerned, shotguns and hunting weapons are all that we should allow in America.

I do think gun control is important. I am a supporter of gun control.

I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.

Why does a tragedy like 9/11 change everything about air travel, but numerous gun massacres CHANGE NOTHING?

The United States has, unfortunately, been victimized by terrorism going back decades.

When I think about what we need to do, we have 33,000 people a year who die from guns. I think we need comprehensive background checks, need to close the online loophole, close the gun show loophole. There's other matters that I think are sensible that are the kind of reforms that would make a difference that are not in any way conflicting with the Second Amendment.

They're still out there talking about gun control measures, as if somehow terrorists care about what our gun laws are.

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat.

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

I want to highlight once again that when we talk about the fight against terrorism and the circles around it and when we talk about ensuring the safety and the peace of all, we are not talking about fantasies.

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