Homeland Security Quotes

Nobody can send me to Pakistan. India is my country, and I love my country. Five generations of my family have lived and died on this land, and even my children will live in this country because this is my homeland.

In vain do they worship peace at home, who cannot defend themselves against foreigners.

The deadliest enemies of nations are not their foreign foes; they always dwell within their borders. And from these internal enemies civilization is always in need of being saved.

It’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear--kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor-with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it

The world has devolved into a much more hardened and lethal place since that devastating September morning when Islamists assassinated nearly 3,000 Americans in the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.

My first responsibility is to keep America safe.

I made it to protect the motherland.

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality.

It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, 'This is not a criminal act,' not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war.

Throwing money after security turns out to be a classic example of the law of diminishing marginal utility.

It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply.

To bargain freedom for security is the devil's bargain. Having made the bargain, one enjoys neither freedom nor security.

Oceans no longer matter when it comes to making us safe.

We should be worried about protecting the homeland. I think that policy is changing, should change and will change.

I wish for an America no less alert in guarding against dangers from within than it is watchful against enemies from without.

Yet while on my trip to the Middle East, the London bombings occurred. This was yet another stark reminder that if we don't fight terrorists abroad, they just get closer to our home.

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.

If a person is a U.S. citizen, and he is on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq trying to attack our troops, he will face the full brunt of the U.S. military response.

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.

The Islamofascists have their eye on Israel as the appetizer. The United States is the main course.

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

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the Presidency defending us from freedom.

During my time as CIA Director and Secretary of Defense, Hillary was a strong supporter of our efforts to protect our homeland, decimate al-Qaeda, and bring Osama bin Laden to justice.

For Nebraska and for America, I will continue my commitment to our national security, economic security, and family security.