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"We have to make a determination of what the minimum standards are for police, fire and emergency services in all of America's major cities. Once we determine that, then we can decide what the funding is."
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"Do not fixate on the odds against you but on victory ahead of you."
"Once you reach the brink of your will power, you have two options - either give up, or keep going. That decision decides whether you'll reach your goal."
"Crying will achieve nothing. Only action will."
"A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies."
"Without delayed gratification,there is no persistence."
"Determination knows that you can do what it takes, even if that is hard or frightening, in order to achieve the goal you seek."
"I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened."
"Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen."
"Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze."
"Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could."
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"Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund."
"Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this."
"The two things that could have been better is number one, to get major military force into the community almost immediately to make sure that there was law and order. Number two, we had enough helicopters to airlift food into the centers of population and those places."
"And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency."
"It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion."
"If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic."
"The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security."
"We have to make a determination of what the minimum standards are for police, fire and emergency services in all of America's major cities. Once we determine that, then we can decide what the funding is."
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