Arlen Specter Quotes

The reality is that we can no longer sleep soundly at night thinking that if we keep the terrorists 'out there,' we are safe inside our homes and offices. That illusion is gone.

We stand stoutly against all forms of terrorism, and cross-border terror is a particular problem that India has. Singapore has a problem with cross-border terror, too, because we are a very small country, and it is quite possible for an attack to be mounted on Singapore from beyond our shores.

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

We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.

We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in America. The right choice is to fight those terrorists where they are.

Look, we constantly live looking at the issue of the threat of terrorism.

We have not yet, as a nation, made a generation-long commitment to this terrorist threat.

The point is the country has got serious problems dealing with terrorism both domestic and international.

Terrorists are as big a threat to our future, perhaps bigger, than organized crime.

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

Clinton was very early on aware of the problem of international terrorism.

I think a lot of programs, policies have been put in place since 9/11, have prevented a 9/11-style attack. On the other hand, I think the threat has become greater, not lesser.

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

It's very difficult to tell someone how to protect themselves from a terrorist attack, whether it occurs in the U.S. or on foreign soil, particularly when you have terrorists with no concern for human life.

Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.

While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.

I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism.

Before 9/11, absolutely, there were concerns about terrorism; but the world fundamentally changed.

With terrorism becoming the increasing tactic of choice, the military component would become a smaller component of our national security system.

Al-Qa’ida members -- including some who are US citizens --have resided in or traveled to the US for years, and the group apparently maintains a support structure that could aid attacks.

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

There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.

I think, in the wake of Sept. 11, it's important for the American public to understand that to the extent that there are individuals within the United States who would undertake terrorist attacks, that we are doing something to address that.