National security Quotes · Page 9

“National security was invoked so freely that the First Amendment had become an empty promise. ”

— Matthew Bracken

The greatest threat to our national security is our debt. We borrow a million dollars a minute.

— Rand Paul

We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.

— Barack Obama

I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level…

— Paula Broadwell

I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.

— Rachel Maddow

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

— Paul Begala

Growing Michigan's economy and strengthening national security are among my top priorities.

— John E. James

Materialistic progress alone does not guarantee national security. What is essential is the character and integrity of the country's citizens.

— Subramanian Swamy

As a former CIA case officer, I recognize that the rapid rise of firms like Huawei and ZTE presents a significant national…

— Abigail Spanberger

I care more about my economy, national security, and fiscal conservatism than I do about what other women do with their bodies.…

— Meghan McCain

Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the…

— Bob Ainsworth

The President today once again took the opportunity to reiterate his old, failed national security strategies and present them to the American…

— Ellen Tauscher

Promoting and protecting human rights internationally is not just a matter of principle or morality - doing so also serves our national…

— Todd Young

Ever since 9/11, our intelligence agencies, as part of the 'war on terror,' have expanded their operations to include American citizens. I…

— Bob Beckel

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got…

— Barack Obama

[N]othing is less reliable than unchecked claims from political officials that their secret conduct is justified by National Security Threats and the…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity…

— Anonymous

I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America's national security. Now, what I've also said is that, and she's acknowledged,…

— Barack Obama

We probably haven't seen the variety and diversity of threats to Americans' safety and well-being and our national security in a long,…

— Dan Coats

Lack of accountability weakens the environmental and health rights of citizens; it damages peace- building and reconciliation initiatives; impedes the implementation of…

— Widad Akrawi

American national security and American economic interests, of course - every president, every secretary of state - that is the primary goal.…

— Condoleezza Rice

With what Trump is doing now, provoking North Korea, risking actual destruction of part of the US, he is violating the system's…

— Allan Nairn

Suffice it to say that Wall Street investors in the drug industries have used the government to unleash and transform their economic…

— Douglas Valentine

“What really matters in the game among nations is national strength and military capability to maintain national security, to preserve the integrity…

— Juan Ponce Enrile

“contrary to repeated claims from President Obama and the NSA, it is already clear that a substantial number of the agency’s activities…

— Glenn Greenwald

I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.

— Jim Garrison

We need to put the security back in the National Security Agency. We can't have the national surveillance agency.

— Edward Snowden

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.

— Lawrence Korb

This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Only In America can a renowned and devoted terrorism supporter like Peter King be the arbiter of national security and treason.

— Glenn Greenwald

“The constitution had nothing to do with it. It was, after all, a matter of national security.”

— Stieg Larsson

Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.

— Anthony Albanese

A nuclear Iran is a threat to our national security and its a threat to Israels national security.

— Barack Obama

I think it's really important to start thinking about infrastructure as essential national security.

— Richard Engel

Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy andnational security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.

— Jack Keane

Senator Marco 'amnesty' Rubio, who has worst voting record in Senate, just hit me on national security - but I said don't…

— Donald Trump

America has historically met the challenges to its national security with decisive actions that defeated or, at a minimum, contained the threat.

— Pete Hoekstra

Food security is a global problem, with real and immediate effects on national security.

— Will Hurd

Foreign travelers overstaying their visas to remain in the U.S. illegally represents one of the gravest national security threats to the homeland.

— Mark Meadows

Both the national security establishment and the high-tech community are interested in working overtime to contain China.

— John Mearsheimer