Politics Quote by Richard Overy

We don't like to use the phrase "state security" in the United States because it reminds us of all the bad regimes. But it's…

— Edward Snowden

The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes…

— Vladimir Putin

“Security was now a thing of the past though it took a conscious effort to remember it; with no enemy in all the world…

— Nevil Shute

“Collective security had a fine sound, but it was still little more than a word; it would still be the United States, and the…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is…

— Theodore J. Forstmann

“A government or an administration, who means and acts honestly, has nothing to fear, and consequently has nothing to conceal;”

— Thomas Paine

“Everyone wanted security, but first they wanted to feel more threatened.”

— Gonçalo M. Tavares

“We had become a country that valued security over freedom, power over justice, and war over peace. I wanted”

— Robert Kroese

“Of course, at some point you had to ask yourself how much legitimacy any government had that feared dissension within more than invasion from…

— Yoon Ha Lee

“We shouldn’t have to be faithful loyalists of the powerful to feel safe from state surveillance. Nor should the price of immunity be refraining…

— Glenn Greenwald

I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of…

— Edward Snowden

States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.

— John Bruton