Oxford Laws of War on Land Convention Quotes

I'll continue to work to ensure that safety and I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the men and women who provide public safety in our city.

Government's first responsibility is the safety of its citizens.

You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.

We took an approach, supported by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Mayor for London, that we had very real fears of violence and damage being caused across the streets of London.

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

I will make no apologies, ever, for protecting the lives and the safety of the American people. We have to give more tools to our folks to be able to do that, not fewer, and then trust those people and oversee them to do it the right way. As president, that is exactly what I'll do.

Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks.

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

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.

Reprisals are an exception to the general rule of equity, that an innocent person ought not to suffer for the guilty.

Shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting any stores in our city.

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

When violence strikes [riots], then those in public responsibility have an immediate ... job, not to analyze, but to end disorder.

If there's an air raid during the parade and there are dead and wounded, they must be quickly removed and the parade allowed to go on.

As the mayor of London, my highest priority is keeping Londoners and visitors to our city safe from harm.

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

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety.

As governor, it is my highest priority to protect Arizona citizens.

My job as Home Secretary is to keep families and communities across our country safe.

I took over a city that had two riots in four years and I had none. And they knew they couldn't riot on me. And when I saw the people on the street in New York City, I said to myself, you're breaking Giuliani's rules. You don't take my streets. You can have my sidewalks, but you don't take my streets, because ambulances have to get through there, fire trucks have to get through there.

I urge the citizens of Ferguson who have been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights to join with law enforcement in condemning the actions of looters, vandals and others seeking to inflame tensions and sow discord.

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

In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by our company of regulars, than by the whole City.

As Director of the FBI, I am sworn to ensure that my special agents have what they need to protect themselves and the citizens of this country, and that they are trained to properly use and properly deploy that equipment in the right times and places.