Presidential Safety Quotes

Teenagers should never fear for their safety when they join their families to support - or oppose - the President.

Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it.

The mission of the Secret Service (to keep the president of the United States safe and secure) is, by its very nature, pivotal to the proper functioning of the country, and any failure to accomplish this mission has the potential to cause an immediate international crisis.

Last night we had Bill Clinton, the former president. Security was as tight as Governor Christie's yoga pants.

Somebody threw a book at President Obama. If you're trying to scare a president by throwing a book at him, you're one president too late.

The President can't go around in a steel box, as much as the Secret Service would like him to. Protection is an art form, keeping the President available to the public while protecting. Most of the hard protection is done by the police, the perimeter work.

Somebody had fired a shot at the President, and I had to get myself between the shooter and the President and Mrs. Kennedy. Nothing else mattered.

Our nation has granted its presidents exquisite transport because we need our leaders to be efficient and safe. However, we don't need for them to luxuriate on our tax dollars.

Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

Protection really takes on the personality of the President.

The Secret Service is under orders that if President Bush is shot, to shoot Vice President Quayle.

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.

You can't talk about attacking or assassinating the President of the United States and you shouldn't be able to.