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Security Quotes
"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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"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."
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"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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"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."
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"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."
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"Distrust and caution are the parents of security."
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"The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."
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"The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible."
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"I'd like to fly. Then I wouldn't have to wait in airport security lines."
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"Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Second, the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security."
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"Under the Bush plan, Social Security gets weaker, not stronger."
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"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."
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"Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states."
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"A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that."
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"Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads."
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"Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets."
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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."
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"So the I.F. is spying on Earth.""Just as a mother spies on her children at play in the yard.""Good to know you're looking out for us, Mummy."
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"This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa."
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"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."
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"The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated."
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"Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide security for Chairman Karzai. And it shows that the United States is committed to that regime."
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"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. As TSA has grown larger, more impersonal, and administratively top-heavy, I believe it is important that airports across the country consider utilizing the opt-out provision provided by law."
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"The regional security in the Middle East cannot be further compromised by an Iranian loose cannon."
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"A sense of security, of well-being, of summer warmth pervades my memory. That robust reality makes a ghost of the present. The mirror brims with brightness; a bumblebee has entered the room and bumps against the ceiling. Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die."
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"It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves the U.N. Security Council."
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"Of course, we should all be aware of what we're packing in our carry-on luggage - anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint."
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"Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack."
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"Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double."
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"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."
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"Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs."
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"Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated."
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"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."
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"They have a beautiful security system and we're emulating the whole security infrastructure."
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"Border security is a complex issue and will remain a top priority during the 2007 legislative year. As Congress works to fix this problem, I will continue to push for strong measures that beef up security at our borders."
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