National Security Quotes - Page 12

• The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

  Sue Kelly

  War, Effort, Terror

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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 none of which should take precedence over national security.

  Herman Kahn

  Healthy, Resources, Should

  Herman Kahn, Paul Dragoș Aligică, Kenneth R. Weinstein (2009). “The Essential Herman Kahn: In Defense of Thinking”, p.34, Lexington Books

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• Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.

  Barack Obama

  Fundamentals, Stupid Liberal, Seems

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• I think America understands that energy security is a very important part of our national security. But if we are going to address energy security in a meaningful way going forward, we need to do it in a new manner. We cannot just be doing the same old thing.

  Chris Van Hollen

  Meaningful, Thinking, Old Things

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• U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.

  Richard Armitage

  Government, Middle East, Importance

  "Documents: U.S. condoned Iraq oil smuggling". edition.cnn.com. February 3, 2005.

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• 'Cap and trade' generates special interests, lobbyists, and trading schemes, yielding non-productive millionaires, all at public expense. The public is fed up with such business. Tax with 100% dividend, in contrast, would spur our economy, while aiding the disadvantaged, the climate, and our national security.

  James Hansen

  Special, Spurs, Climate

  A letter to Obama by James and Anniek Hansen, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2009.

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• Global warming is a matter of national security. Will we live in a world where we must fight our neighbors for fresh water and food? Or will we take the lead now and leave to our children and grandchildren a world better off than the one we inherited from our parents?

  Wesley Clark

  Children, Fighting, Water

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• Climate Change is a national security issue. We found that climate instability will lead to instability in geopolitics and impact American military operations around the world. People are saying they want to be perfectly convinced about climate science projections. But speaking as a soldier, we never have 100 percent certainty. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield.

  Gordon R. Sullivan

  Military, Issues, Impact

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• A huge national security state has developed in the United States since World War II. Its function is to buttress anticommunist, procapitalist governments and undermine and destroy popular movements whenever possible.

  Michael Parenti

  War, Government, United States

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• This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Country, Issues, Tears

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• The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by addressing the root causes of terrorism and conflict. But it's not just about security. By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs Budget creates jobs and boosts the economy here at home.

  Tom Ridge

  Jobs, Home, Roots

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• We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.

  Barack Obama

  Spy, Citizens, Use

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• This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment.

  Newt Gingrich

  Real, Thinking, Cities

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. December 17, 2006.

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• Defeating Barack Obama becomes, in fact, a duty of national security. Because the fact is, he is incapable of defending the United States.

  Newt Gingrich

  Facts, United States, Duty

  "Gingrich: Obama is most dangerous president in American history" By Joy Lin, www.foxnews.com. February 20, 2012.

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• I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

  Paul Begala

  People, Glad, Knows

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• It is increasingly clear that no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits.

  John F. Kennedy

  Jobs, Party, Long

  Address to the Economic Club of New York, delivered 14 December 1962, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

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• The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected

  John Culberson

  Real, People, Territory

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• Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, todays Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.

  Zell Miller

  Marine, America, Leader

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• I haven't got any fan mail from Osama bin Laden. I have no reason to believe he reads my stuff I'll never decide for commercial reasons to put something in that endangers our national security. You just can't do that.

  Tom Clancy

  Believe, Fans, Mail

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• I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue

  Brad Thor

  Writing, Issues, Important

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• The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck.

  Bob Goodlatte

  Successful, Luck, Program

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• That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land boundary that we have with - Canada. We have trade missions back and forth. We - we do - it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America where - where do they go? It's Alaska.

  Sarah Palin

  Powerful, Eye, America

  "The question is: Can Palin give a coherent answer?". The Independent Interview, www.independent.co.uk. September 26, 2008.

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• Those who devise better methods of utilizing manpower, tools, machinery, materials and facilities are making real contributions toward our national security. Today, these ideas are a form of insurance for our national security; tomorrow, this same progressive thinking is insurance for our individual security-it is, in effect, job insurance.

  Robert R. Shannon

  Jobs, Real, Thinking

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• I think the US has the right to have its own national security policy. I think most Americans would agree with that. And therefore clarity on this issue is important and especially if we commit ourselves, explicitly and bindingly, to Israel's security.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Thinking, Israel, Issues

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• A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security.

  Henry H. Arnold

  Air, Aviation, Modern

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