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"The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible."
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"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion."

"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."

"The regional security in the Middle East cannot be further compromised by an Iranian loose cannon."

"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."

"Ideally the world would look like Davos, where there's more security than we can even see on the street."

"The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part."

"What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common - optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance?"

"No one from the beginning of time has had security."

"I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare."
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"In 1988, King Hussein of Jordan said that it doesn't take any connection any more to those territories, and he would like to split from those territories. So according to the international law, it doesn't belong to anyone."


"We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango."
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