Agencies Quote by David Blunkett

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

— Noam Chomsky

Cynics about government find much to be cynical about.

— Alice Rivlin

Like all Americans, I am skeptical when any government agency pries into our personal and private lives under the guise of rooting out 'threats.'

— Nancy Mace

Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.

— Ben Shapiro

My job is to be skeptical: skeptical of people like Edward Snowden and skeptical of the U.S. government.

— Jake Tapper

A false sense of security is the only kind there is.

— Michael Meade

There's so many things, when you're in national security, that you do that aren't perfect, but you do them because you think you're doing…

— Elissa Slotkin

As has been the case throughout the history of terrorism, government anxiety centres on what to do about those against whom there may be…

— Dominic Grieve

You should always be questioning your government, but do not become cynical.

— Pete Visclosky

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the…

— Jeremy Paxman

Someone responding to the story said 'real spies do not speak like that'. Well, I am a spy and that is how they talk.…

— Edward Snowden

To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust…

— Richard M. Nixon