Top 1200 National Security Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.

National security is a serious matter and I do not think it is in proper to discuss such details in a public forum.

America's real national security interest in the region is protecting our friend Israel.

I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn.

It is time to understand the environment for what it is: the national security issue of the early twenty-first century.

Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.

The Philippines will have to once and for all abandon its full-spectrum dependence on America as a guarantor of its national security.

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

Public charities, foodbanks and church pantries are doing more than ever before, but they can't keep up with the need. We can never end hunger only through the wonderful work of local charities. Like other Western democracies, we must end our national problem of hunger through national and political leadership. Charity is nice for some things, but not as a way to feed a nation. We don't protect our national security through charity, and we shouldn't protect our families and children that way either.

I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.

A porous border is a danger to America's national security, the people who live near it, and to those who cross it.

Our national security requires us to be strong and fearless, but not at the cost of personal privacy.

Indeed, there's scarcely a week that goes by where I don't deal with a significant, often controversial national security issue.

Concern for 'national security' has introduced unprecedented insecurity to living in the United States as a legal permanent resident.

Great weight should be given to the judgment of professionals on what information, if disclosed, would harm national security.

Operation Sovereign Borders has been one of Australia's greatest national security policy successes.

It is clear that our national security and economic growth are tied to affordable, abundant energy sources.

National security looks different from the Oval Office than it does from a hotel room in Iowa.

When I came to office, in terms of diplomacy and national security, as well as the economy, Japan was in a very severe situation.

I think it's safe to say that mass shootings pose a gigantic threat to national security.

The country needs leadership driven by the dictates of national security, not the ebb and flow of political fortunes.

At the time of his death, John Kennedy had a national security establishment that was a writhing ball of snakes.

Investment in public infrastructure is key to America's greatness and essential to our national security.

I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.

I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.

Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

I think General [Mike] Flynn is probably the top contender for that job [of national security adviser].

The alliance with the United States is and will always be the foundation of our diplomacy and national security.

In the national security establishment, it is somewhat frowned upon for people to take extremely harsh partisan roles in campaigns.

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

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

China's limited military power is for the sake of preserving national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

One of the most significant threats to our national security was and is home-grown Islamist terrorism.

Spying on the prime minister of Israel and Congress has nothing to do with national security - only politics.

Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

U.S. national security interests are best served when the United Nations effectively fulfills this core purpose.

I'm a professor of national security studies, and I know a lot more about fighting than Rumsfeld does.

One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.

I would urge that we all use a little bit of caution in dealing with an issue that is so vital to our national security.

I am speaking as a Republican now, not a national security expert, but I believe that my party needs to come together.

Deficits and debt threaten the growing American economy and our national security over the long term.

The purpose of the military is to close with and destroy the enemy on behalf of our national security priorities.

Especially when it comes to national security, there is a premium on an administration speaking clearly, consistently and precisely, starting with the president.

John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.

This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are.

Loss of natural areas threatens our water supply, national security, farms, and health.

Hillary Clinton exposed our nation's most sensitive national security secrets to foreign adversaries.

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.

I will work hard to ensure Hawaii's strategic position in our national security remains strong.

U.S. foreign aid must be used more strategically to achieve our national security goals.

I'm an unabashed apologist for strong national-security authority. That's why I might be more alarmed by Trump.

I left the Democratic Party basically on issues of national security during the end of the Vietnam War.

The Obama-Clinton administration gambled with America's national security by embracing radical jihadists, and the world lost.

WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States.

I think it's really important to start thinking about infrastructure as essential national security.

[T]he harm [Clinton AG] Reno did to American national security in the fight against terror was incalculable.

Everybody knows that from a national security standpoint we need to secure our southern border.

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.