Quotes About Security

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.

There are few things more dangerous in a democracy than allowing a President to wage secret wars without the knowledge of the country.

Will we shoot virtually at each other over the Internet? Probably not. On the other hand, there may be wars fought about the Internet.

Middle Eastern wars rarely end with outright victory and permanent stability, so the word 'settlement' may promise too much. At best, for many years, it may simply mean stable ceasefire lines, reduced bloodshed, fewer refugees, and less terrorism.

American wars in Muslim countries created some extremists and inflamed many more while producing a security vacuum that allowed them to wreak mayhem.

Israel does not start wars.

The purpose of our military is to field the finest troops possible to defend our nation and win wars.

A new book by 'New York Times' reporter Charlie Savage, 'Power Wars,' suggests that there has been little substantive difference between George W. Bush's administration and Obama's when it comes to national-security policies or the legal justifications used to pursue regime change in the Greater Middle East.

Are we fighting too many wars? And I would say no. We're fighting one war. And it's a war against radical Islamic Jihad.

Trillions of dollars spent on foreign wars have done nothing to make Americans feel safer at home.

I think NATO is a Cold War product. I think NATO historically should have shut up shop in 1990 along with the Warsaw Pact; unfortunately, it didn't.

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.

I argued for a wartime moratorium on new visas and new immigrants because of the substantial danger of ISIS terrorists infiltrating our system.

I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.

That a district judge would overrule the president of the United States on a matter of border security in wartime is absurd.

I'm a little bit wary of people. It freaked me out when a fan connected with me on social media, then had plastic surgery to look like me, dyed his hair the same colour, and got a pug dog like mine. He was also a hacker, so I had to change all my passwords.

I used to have a blankie, and when my mom had to wash it, I would sit outside the dryer and watch it go round and round, and cry.

You better have an anchor in life. It doesn't matter if you're a Division I head football coach or Joe Schmo from Okemoh. Bad things happen. If you're not anchored, you're going to be washed away.

In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of national security he was very often in the minority.

Like I said, I like having someone here. At night I look out my bedroom window, and seeing a light on in here comforts me." He paused in the doorway. "Sort of like, 'All is well in the world.' That's what light does, you know. Says all is well in the world.

Hey, come here," Josh said. He was sitting on the love seat looking out the window. "What is it?" I asked, walking over. "The lights are out. You can't see anything out there." "I know." He wrapped his hand around my arm and pulled me down until I was nestled between his thighs, my back to his chest. "I just wanted to hold you.

My grandparents have spent thirty summers there. It's completely safe. And the Coast Guard station is like a block down the road." "I thought they just took care of stuff at sea," Chelsea said. "If we call, the Coasties will come. They're not going to tell us to jump in a boat first.

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.