"We now have capabilities in science and technology……" — Michael Chertoff
"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 of people, as they did on September 11th, but hundreds of thousands of people. And that has changed the dimension of the threat we face."
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Michael Chertoff
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30 Quotes by Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff has 30 quotes on this site.
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I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing…
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The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack in this country in the last six years is not…
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So people have to decide. Do they want to have the security? Do they want to continue to plug the…
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We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a…
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I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was…
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And I have to say, I agree with some of the criticisms that some have made about that state program…
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I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water.
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The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do…
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And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning…
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First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one.
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So that's why I said, if you look at the average, you would see the money New York got this…
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The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood…
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More Capabilities Quotes
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Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they…
— Teresa of Avila
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It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while…
— John Bruton
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that…
— Barbara Bush
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I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a…
— Laurie Anderson
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Place and the scale of space must be measured against our bodies and their capabilities.
— Gary Snyder
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The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.
— Billy Mills
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A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are…
— Amartya Sen
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There is no harm in dreaming of becoming the world's best player. It is all about trying to be the…
— Cristiano Ronaldo
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We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we…
— Agnes Repplier
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The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power…
— John Stuart Mill
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