All Michael Chertoff Quotes
- I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration,… Ability
- The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack in this country in the last six years is not a cause for complacency or… Attack
- So people have to decide. Do they want to have the security? Do they want to continue to plug the gap [in border security] that… Barriers
- We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a way that's truly effective...We haven't… Ability
- We now have capabilities in science and technology that raise the very realistic possibility that a small group of terrorists could kill not only thousands… Capabilities
- I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms… Alone
- And I have to say, I agree with some of the criticisms that some have made about that state program which allocates the grant money… Across
- I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water. Center
- The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's… Give
- And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning done, make sure the buses… Appropriate
- First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one. Everybody
- So that's why I said, if you look at the average, you would see the money New York got this year was in line with… Across
- The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York… Any
- The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got. Defense
- Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a… Congress
- We may have to force people to get together in terms of picking a particular type of technology and starting to build to that technology,… Build
- And here where the fact that we've given over half a billion dollars to New York really plays a role, because New York has already… Already Made
- And one of the things I want to say, Wolf, is we're 100 days from hurricane season, and we've got to start focusing on what… Days
- And one of the things we did here was we put the maximum amount of money up front in those cities that were at the… Amount
- But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane… Address