Best National Security Quotations
280 National Security quotes by 217 unique authors
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But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the…
— Franklin Pierce
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The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to…
— Richard V. Allen
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Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known al Qaeda members…
— Scott McClellan
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The fact is that we have been consistent in a predictable 60-year commitment to national security, while our friends and former enemies - by intent…
— Victor Davis Hanson
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The average 20-year-old serving us in Iraq knows more about their country's national security than the average 20-year political veteran serving in the Congress today.
— Fred Thompson
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Stable energy prices and enhanced national security will only come when we increase domestic energy resources, which was accomplished today with the opening of ANWR.
— Kenny Marchant
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The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue of…
— Kenny Marchant
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Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used…
— Ellen Tauscher
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Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security.
— Eric Holder
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Like an unexpected wet mop in the face of tired complacency, The Sovereignty Solution works on the receptive mind as a pry bar works on…
— Adam Garfinkle
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It is time, I suggest, to stop the practice of allowing Muslims to serve in the U.S. military. The reason is simple: the more devout…
— Bryan Fischer
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Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security state…
— Garry Wills
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One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our…
— Lee H. Hamilton
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How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.
— Jim Fowler
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A healthy and fully functioning society must allocate its resources among a variety of competing interests, all of which are more or less valid but…
— Herman Kahn
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The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.
— Sue Kelly
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As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that targeted…
— Jane Harman
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Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.
— Mark Hatfield
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We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security.…
— Joseph Rotblat
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There is no such thing as a good nuclear weapons system. There is no way to achieve, in the sound sense, national security through nuclear…
— Herbert York
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Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with…
— Kofi Annan
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Nuclear weapons production and testing has involved extensive health and environmental damage .... One of the most remarkable features of this damage has been the…
— Arjun Makhijani
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I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue…
— Patrick J. Kennedy
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Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment. People…
— William Blum
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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…
— James Risen
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