Quotes About Vigilance

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

I will lead a fight against Islamist terrorism at every level.

Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them.

We are keeping New Jersey one step, several steps, ahead of terrorism.

We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.

Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

We need to keep an eye on influences from the Middle East or, let's say, indigenous groups, that might be involved in terrorism.

If I wasn't prepared knowing every year there is a huge chance of a fire that will require me to evacuate my property, then I'm an ignoramus. If people at this point don't see that terrorism is a reality, and don't take steps to prepare themselves a little more than they were the day before, then they are also an irresponsible ignoramus.

The new age of terrorism isn't on the battlefield: it's in your own backyard. Whether it's at a concert in France or a restaurant in the United States, terrorism doesn't have to happen in a military installation by any stretch of the imagination.

We need to be diligent in our neighborhoods, in America to keep an eye out for wherever there might be some kind of a terrorist cell that is festering that could potentially blow up.

Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks.

The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target.

It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts.

I believe that when you are attacked like we were attacked in America by these terrorist groups, that we not only have to respond in kind, we've got to go farther. We've got to destroy these groups because just sure as we don't - if we didn't respond, we will be hit again and again and again, and we will live in fear.

I am not opposed to government efforts to stop terrorist plots. We are still seared by the memory of 9/11, and we should be.

I think, in the wake of Sept. 11, it's important for the American public to understand that to the extent that there are individuals within the United States who would undertake terrorist attacks, that we are doing something to address that.

Our national security is in a place where even my kids are concerned about things like ISIS when they hear about terrorist attacks on American soil.

For years, America has helped protect against terrorist attacks by telling Americans, 'If you see something, say something.' The same should go for protecting our elections against foreign interference.

The fact that we haven't faced another major terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11 is a very significant achievement, and one that's easy to forget - it's the dog that doesn't bark.

The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

They only have to be right one time, the terrorists do, and we have to be wrong one time.

People should beware of those who hail terrorists and play with the security of the country.

We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.

C'mon now, I'm not going to make it easy for the terrorists to get me.