Homeland Security Quotes

• We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.

  L. Neil Smith

  Believe, Government, Hands

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• In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.

  Joe Baca

  Government, Track, Borders

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• How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Government, Invasion, Aliens

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• In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.

  Charles Schumer

  Mistake, Brave New World, Omission

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• Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform.

  Dave Reichert

  Immigration, Reform, Borders

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• Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?

  Rick Santorum

  Stupid, Republican, Standing

  Rick Santorum (2005). “Rick Santorum”, p.188, Xulon Press

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• Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.

  Dianne Feinstein

  America, Holes, Port

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• This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security.

  Art Buchwald

  Birthday, Firefighter, Way

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• And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds.

  Patrick J. Kennedy

  Government, Communicate, Homeland

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• There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.

  Andrew Card

  Government, Entity, Federal Government

  "White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card". "PBS NewsHour" with Margaret Warner, www.pbs.org. June 7, 2002.

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• We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Reason, Should, Threat

  "NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg endorses Barack Obama - US politics live" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. November 01, 2012.

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• There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.

  Jim Jeffords

  Educational, Envy, Important

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• Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the homeland security budget and implemented a bipartisan overhaul of our intelligence systems.

  Doc Hastings

  September, Congress, Department

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• It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit.

  Janet Napolitano

  Technology, Tsa, Would Be

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• There is such a desire to give everybody a piece, we're probably wasting a great deal of homeland security money trying to be politically correct, when we really need to make sure that our cities get the money they need.

  Shelley Berkley

  Cities, Giving, Desire

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• While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.

  Michael Dean Crapo

  Military, Mean, Challenges

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• Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it

  Jim Clyburn

  Real, Fog, Agendas

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• One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff.

  John Poindexter

  Speaks Out, Community, Defense

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• The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights.

  Janet Napolitano

  Rights, Lasts, Protected

  "State of the Union" with John King, transcripts.cnn.com. April 19, 2009.

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• In fact, in 2002, the Secretary of Defense authorized such support on a reimbursable basis to organizations formerly components of the Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury and currently components of the Department of Homeland Security.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Organization, Justice, Support

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• The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security.

  Warren Rudman

  Moving, Communication, Issues

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• Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.

  Warren Rudman

  Taken, Aggravation, Long

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• To my knowledge, the Department of Homeland Security has focused on detection devices that are large, expensive, use a large amount of energy, and cannot easily be placed in or on a shipping container.

  Jim Ryun

  Energy, Use, Shipping

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• I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well.

  Geoff Davis

  Iraq, Helpful, Situation

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• I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.

  Sally Quinn

  Pigs, Two, Ongoing

  "Sally Quinn on Author Karen Armstrong". Online Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. March 29, 2006.

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