Bill Frist Quotes

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

The safety of the American people has got to be our number one priority. That is our most important problem.

We are much safer in the United States, but not yet safe.

Ensuring the safety and security of our monuments and infrastructure is critical to protecting our communities and the American people.

America has survived and grown stronger through September 11th and subsequent wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and those who seek to do us harm. We have faced - and met - tremendous challenges ramping up a public health and safety system to protect Americans from future threats.

I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working overtime now, taking every necessary action to protect our great citizens.

The president's priority is to protect the safety and security of the American people. That's the physical security of the American people as well as the prosperity of the American people.

If the Bush Administration cannot ensure Americans that they will be safe from the flu, how will they protect our country against a possible bio-terror or chemical attack? The American people deserve better.

It's especially important since September 11 for people to be trained for the unexpected. We want to try to make sure people are safe.

I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military have the information and funding needed to protect the American people from threats at home and abroad.

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.

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.

The safety of the people is the first and foremost responsibility of government… We are not as prepared as we should be with our public safety network…. The margin for error is exceedingly and uniquely low.

We will not contract out the security of the American people …. You can’t compromise the safety of the American people.

I want to give the American people assurances that we are protecting them.

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

My first responsibility is to keep America safe.

First and foremost, my job is to protect the American people.

I am honored to be nominated by President Trump to lead the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security in safeguarding the American people.

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

The backbone of our nation's domestic defense against terrorist attacks will continue to be the men and women in local law enforcement and emergency services.

The sad fact is that the same terrorist scenarios, if they occurred in five different States, there could be five different sets of responses to the American people. We need, at a minimum, a level of coordination on communicating threats to the public.

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.