Richard A. Clarke

“On October 1, 2009, a general took charge of the new U.S. Cyber Command, a military organization with the mission to use…

— Richard A. Clarke

“The Bible tells the story of the Hebrew prophet Daniel, who was able to read mysterious words that appeared on the wall…

— Richard A. Clarke

Democracies don't prepare well for things that have never happened before.

— Richard A. Clarke

If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked.

— Richard A. Clarke

I think we have to be very careful. If we do go back in, we need to understand why and what the…

— Richard A. Clarke

“Cognitive biases worked well when rapid pattern recognition and decision making was critical for survival,”

— Richard A. Clarke

The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than…

— Richard A. Clarke

“Alternative history is a parlor game.”

— Richard A. Clarke

“He handed one to each boy. “To the New World Order. It will all be yours.”

— Richard A. Clarke

“For a period of several years in the mid-1990s the Chinese talked very openly, for a Communist police state, about what they…

— Richard A. Clarke

“He looked up as the train stopped at Tel Aviv University, watching the students disembarking.”

— Richard A. Clarke

“North Korea gets a high score for both “defense” and “lack of dependence.” North Korea can sever its limited connection to cyberspace…

— Richard A. Clarke

The only way to stop it [terrorism] is to work with the leaders of Islamic nations to insure that tolerance of other…

— Richard A. Clarke

We can literally unplug a country from the Internet. We ought to think about unplugging them.

— Richard A. Clarke

Yesterday is rarely too early but tomorrow is frequently too late.

— Richard A. Clarke