Chiefs Quote by Craig Kilborn

Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge raised security alert to a code red. Apparently Howard Dean has escaped. Did you see Dean's crazed speech the…

— Jay Leno

John Kerry told Tom Ridge he was too busy to receive a Homeland Security briefing. I thought that was odd, since you're not supposed…

— David Letterman

As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their…

— Patrick J. Kennedy

“Kind of an early warning system originally developed to fight terrorism, but isn’t it nice to know we can now use it for civilian…

— Neal Shusterman

Over our history there are always those who want to take this wall of separation and remove a brick here or there or damage…

— Harry A. Blackmun

“Since 9/11, the U.S. government has sent over $23 billion to states and cities in the name of homeland security. Almost none of that…

— Amanda Ripley

Bush to USSS: 'We need to get back to Wash. We don't need some tin horn terrorist to scare us off.'

— Ari Fleischer

To give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror here at home.

— George W. Bush

I don't mean to harp on this, but it's like the networks are a how-to manual for terrorists. You see them on the news.…

— Jay Leno

This is one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration. The more successful they’ve been at intercepting and stopping bad guys, the less…

— Newt Gingrich

The Patriot Act has proven we can be tough on terror without compromising constitutional safeguards.

— Mike Johnson

Homeland Security is hometown security.

— Kay Ivey