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Security Quotes


"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."


"Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs."


"Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated."


"First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential."


"Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security."


"We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere."


"Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k)."


"All of us who serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate pay into Social Security."


"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."



"Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without."


"No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person."


"If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!"


"Why did the Clinton Administration wait from 1995 to 1998 to tighten security and bolster counterintelligence at U.S. weapons labs?"


"I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13."


"We are willing to take concrete steps to enhance cooperation in cyber security, de-radicalization and Counter Terrorism."


"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."


"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."


"Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market."


"The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid."


"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."


"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."


"Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken."


"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."


"Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF."


"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security."


"But as you said, there are going to be those that have no record and cannot be detected in that capacity so that is why you have to have other layers of security."


"I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare."


"Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem."


"Well, we want to make sure there's not securities fraud."



"In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market."


"The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going to go on the flight."



"The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam."


"If you accept that security is a process, and if you can eliminate the human interaction or intervention in that process by automating more, that is a good thing."


"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."


"I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman."


"Security is an attempt to try to make the universe static so that we feel safe."


"Safety is not a destination that we reach for, rather it is a retreat that we escape to. And if our lives are marked by the incessant search for safety, we will live the whole of it going in reverse."
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