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Security Quotes
"There is no such thing as security. There never has been."
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"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands."
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"Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't."
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"Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets."
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"We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year."
"I believe that we should allow younger workers to contribute toward a personal account that they own, as long as it is coupled with deficit reduction measures that enhance the long-term condition of Social Security."
"Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double."
"It is clear we can make reforms to better ensure we are giving law enforcement all of the tools they need while maintaining the appropriate safeguards to protect the very freedoms we cherish."
"But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. He's already demonstrated that he's trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction."
"TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all."
"While the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security."
"Tens of thousands of South Florida jobs are dependent on the trade and commerce that our ports provide, and we have to make sure that we spend our security dollars wisely."
"Second, the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security."
"Last year, customs officials screened only five percent of the 11 million cargo containers entering the United States. That rate is both unacceptable and dangerous to our national and economic interests."
"Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market."
"Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs."
"Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities."
"The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid."
"Under the Bush plan, Social Security gets weaker, not stronger."
"We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone."
"First, our focus on security is on the infrastructure itself. So it is all about how you protect the network, the device, and the application that is riding on the server."
"Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated."
"It does not make sense that we are allowing known potential weapons, not unlike those the 9-11 hijackers used to overcome the crews of four airplanes, to be taken aboard passenger aircraft."
"I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman."
"The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated."
"Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security."
"I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue."
"Security is an attempt to try to make the universe static so that we feel safe."
"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."
"Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042."
"Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken."
"In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security."
"If the area were on or near the U.S. continental shelf, such data could well provide an enemy with strategically invaluable insights into undersea access routes that could be used to attack some of the millions of Americans who live on or near our coasts."
"Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms."
"According to the Social Security Administration, in 1945, 41.9 workers supported each individual retiree, while today only 3.3 workers support each retiree. This system cannot continue."
"I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies."
"There are some legitimate security issues, but I believe many of the objections the administration is making are not for security reasons, but to disguise mistakes that were made prior to Sept. 11."
"When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow to 67,000 employees."
"There is only so much negotiating and maneuvering that can be done while the aircraft is under siege in mid-air. Therefore, the best way to put a stop to hijacking is by having high levels of security implemented by qualified and trained personnel both on the ground and in the air."
"Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF."
"Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states."
"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."
"They have a beautiful security system and we're emulating the whole security infrastructure."
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