George W. Bush Quotes

The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work.

I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies.

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

Counter-terrorism is not solely a military matter.

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

The counterterrorism strategy known as CONTEST aimed to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from terrorism, so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence.

We know that terrorism is going to happen in the future, and we need to be prepared for it.

The bottom line is we are pursuing every single possible action to keep our country safe from terrorism.

The fight against terrorism will not be over tomorrow or next month, or even next year. The fight will endure for years to come, and as the threat changes, so too must we adapt to these transformations.

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.

If we ever hope to rid the world of the political AIDS of our time, terrorism, the rule must be clear: One does not deal with terrorists; one does not bargain with terrorists; one kills terrorists.

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

For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.

I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York, the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, which is based on cameras, the outstanding work that results from that.

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

People should think of the war on terror as being like the war on crime--- a struggle in which success is measured not by final victory but by declines in incidence and seriousness of attacks.

If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long …. The war on terrorism will not be won on the defensive.

We don’t intend to live with terrorism forever. We will do whatever is necessary …

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

What do they want us to do? Kiss them [suspected terrorists] on both cheeks.... The report is full of crap.

Just take terrorism, for example. We have a team of more than 200 people working on counterterrorism. I mean, that's pretty intense. That's not like what people think about what Facebook is.

A big challenge in combating terrorism is learning how to think about things that we can't imagine.