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> [This program has been successful in detecting and preventing attacks inside the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/this-program-has-been-successful-in-detecting-and-preventing-attacks/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

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> [I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that the attacks would almost certainly push us as a nation more toward security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/i-told-them-that-free-people-always-had-to-decide-where-to-draw-the/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

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## Other authors on Attacks

## More by Michael Hayden

> [I used to have a little saying I used when people said, 'What are your priorities?' I'd give them a bit of government alphabet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/i-used-to-have-a-little-saying-i-used-when-people-said-what-are-your/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/the-use-of-these-techniques-against-these-terrorists-made-us-safer-it/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [Despite a campaign that was based on a very powerful promise of transparency, President Obama, and again in my view quite correctly, has used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/despite-a-campaign-that-was-based-on-a-very-powerful-promise-of/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/an-intelligence-analyst-may-attribute-an-attack-to-al-qaeda-whereas-a/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [This program has been successful in detecting and preventing attacks inside the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/this-program-has-been-successful-in-detecting-and-preventing-attacks/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [Global security can be formed or threatened by heads of state whose wisdom, folly and obsessions shape global events. But often it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/global-security-can-be-formed-or-threatened-by-heads-of-state-whose/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [For all of its well-deserved reputation for pragmatism, American popular culture frequently nurtures or at least tolerates preposterous views and theories. Witness the 9/11…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/for-all-of-its-well-deserved-reputation-for-pragmatism-american/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/i-told-them-that-free-people-always-had-to-decide-where-to-draw-the/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [When asked if I miss being in government, I usually try to lighten the moment by responding that I awake most days, read the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/when-asked-if-i-miss-being-in-government-i-usually-try-to-lighten-the/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [Right after 9/11, I mean, every agency can give their own gradation, but a nice, popular rule of thumb is everybody doubled down. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/right-after-9-11-i-mean-every-agency-can-give-their-own-gradation-but/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/my-literal-responsibility-as-director-of-the-cia-with-regard-to/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [I'm a career Air Force officer. We have a saying in the Air Force: 'If you want people to be with you at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/i-m-a-career-air-force-officer-we-have-a-saying-in-the-air-force-if/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/when-i-was-at-the-cia-i-asked-my-civilian-advisory-board-to-tackle/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [There's this movie, 'Zero Dark Thirty' about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Some have complained that too many 'secrets' were dished out by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/there-s-this-movie-zero-dark-thirty-about-the-hunt-for-osama-bin/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

> [It was a long, difficult summer of 2004. That was a leap year, so several things happened - the Olympics and presidential election. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/it-was-a-long-difficult-summer-of-2004-that-was-a-leap-year-so/)

[Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/)

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