The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their… — Jon Porter Copy Share Image
If we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the US has the right to have its own national security policy. I think most Americans would agree with that.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I don't take left-right on any of my positions. I take common sense and so again, if alternative energy saves money, it… — Christopher Martenson Copy Share Image
Amid credible national security concerns related to Huawei, ZTE, and other 5G firms, we must take concrete steps to protect the privacy… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
Islamic terrorists are the greatest security threats to the United States, both domestically and abroad. We need to be vigilant every day.… — Ralph Abraham Copy Share Image
The United States should… avoid unilateral export controls and controls on technology widely available in world markets. Unilateral controls penalize U.S. exporters… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There's no question that the US is engaged in economic spying. If there's information at Siemens that they think would be beneficial… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton's position on policy on markets and trade is very plain, which is we'll do trade deals but only if they… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Gore Vidal, Glenn Greenwald, Noam Chomsky, talk about how the U.S. became a national security state after World War II. Essentially there's… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
It wasn't until about a year, year and a half in where I began to realize that the Pentagon and our national-security… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I’ve been an investigative reporter for a long time, and almost always, the government says that [‘you can’t publish that because of… — James Risen Copy Share Image
Americans once believed that their prosperity and way of life depended on having assured access to Persian Gulf oil. Today, that is… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
“since Carter had already decreed that he’d stay to command and refuse to be evacuated in an attack, Brzezinski decided to die… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
Despite unprecedented levels of technological advancement and the interconnectedness of the world, the pursuit of truth in the realms of foreign policy… — Will Hurd Copy Share Image
“Even amid an avalanche of meetings with aliens in the years to follow, Truman referred to the aliens as “Space Monkeys”. Truman… — Maximillien de Lafayette Copy Share Image
The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Torture gives you reliable and unreliable information. That's the reason why most people in the world don't do it. So this idea… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Governments want to control information. To do this, they have elaborate systems for promoting themselves via propaganda departments and for ensuring confidentiality… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
If succeeding generations of Americans don't understand the concepts of justice, individual rights, free enterprise, capitalism, sovereignty or national security, there can… — George Nethercutt Copy Share Image
Securing a sustainable, safe food supply and supporting the agriculture industry at home and abroad enables the United States to serve as… — Will Hurd Copy Share Image
A comprehensive national energy policy is critical to our nation's economy and our national security. Energy expenditures account for about 7% percent… — Heather Wilson Copy Share Image
Seventeen years after the Cold War, how can it be in the Unites States' national security interest for the President of Russia… — Sam Nunn Copy Share Image
I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security,… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
The National Security Act of 1947 - which established the National Security Council - laid the foundation for a deliberate, multitiered process,… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
It is without doubt that freedoms of the press and speech need to be protected, but there are undisputed limits to these… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The American national security state is totally bipartisan. My biggest problem is with the Democrats, like Feinstein and Pelosi, who are defending… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
It's becoming less and less the National Security Agency and more and more the national surveillance agency. It's gaining more offensive powers… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Given my own experience in national security, I have seen while serving abroad just how important women's economic empowerment is to national… — Morgan Ortagus Copy Share Image
Because our government has been so incompetent at protecting its highly sophisticated cyberweapons, those weapons have been stolen out of the electronic… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
Semi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, they're about national security. You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anticommunism in its modern form was invented by liberals like Harry Truman, the architect of the national security state. The proportion of… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
“break his hold on power, as…we had come to expect,” the first president Bush and his national security adviser, Brent Scowcroft, wrote… — Thomas E. Ricks Copy Share Image
I don't know Condoleezza Rice personally. I'm sure she's a nice lady, and I'm sure she plays the piano well. But she… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do… — Mike Pompeo Copy Share Image
It is very much in America's national security interests to ensure that the Taliban do not dominate Afghanistan and that neither ISIS… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
We now have a national security consideration, public health issues, we have an epidemic of heroine overdoses in all places in this… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Just because you're 40, you don't have to decide whether God exists...when you're already worrying that the National Security Agency is reading… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
![“I’ve been an investigative reporter for a long time, and almost always, the government says that [‘you can’t publish that because of the national security risk’] when you write a story. And then they can never back it up. They say that about everything. And it’s like the boy who cried wolf. It’s…” quote by James Risen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/james-risen-62906_boys_i-ve-been-an-investigative-reporter-for_1147779.jpg)
