Homeland Quotes - Page 2

• Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?

  Mahmoud Darwish

  Body

  Mahmoud Darwish (2013). “Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems”, p.15, Univ of California Press

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• I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.

  Victoria Justice

  Thinking, Tv Shows, Done

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• We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Inspirational, Freedom, Patriotic

  "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy". "See It Now" on CBS, www.lib.berkeley.edu. March 09, 1954.

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• Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.

  Kim Campbell

  Equality, Justice, Tolerance

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• A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.

  Khalil Gibran

  Wings, Poetry, Bird

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• Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.

  Dianne Feinstein

  America, Holes, Port

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• Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.

  Eduard Shevardnadze

  Pyramids, One Day, Might

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• In fact, in 2002, the Secretary of Defense authorized such support on a reimbursable basis to organizations formerly components of the Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury and currently components of the Department of Homeland Security.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Organization, Justice, Support

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• We did not fight the Americans or the Europeans. We fight only the Israeli enemy that took our homes and homeland.

  Ahmed Yassin

  Home, Fighting, Enemy

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• There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.

  Jim Jeffords

  Educational, Envy, Important

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• We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Reason, Should, Threat

  "NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg endorses Barack Obama - US politics live" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. November 01, 2012.

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• Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy.

  Rod Blagojevich

  Country, Mean, Energy

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• From my standpoint, I want to work with homeland security, justice to make sure that U.S. citizens' vote is not diluted.

  Rick Scott

  Justice, Citizens, Want

  Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 12, 2012.

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• How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Government, Invasion, Aliens

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• I've done a lot of things away from my homeland.

  Compay Segundo

  Done

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• In order every one in our homeland learns principles of democracy and the peaceful transition of power, and in order to stabilize and develop multiple choices in democratic practice.

  Ali Abdullah Saleh

  Love, Peace, Order

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• During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Thank You, Heart, Years

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• To my knowledge, the Department of Homeland Security has focused on detection devices that are large, expensive, use a large amount of energy, and cannot easily be placed in or on a shipping container.

  Jim Ryun

  Energy, Use, Shipping

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• But we wish to give the Jews a Homeland. Not by dragging them ruthlessly out of their sustaining soil, but rather by removing them carefully, roots and all, to a better terrain.

  Theodor Herzl

  Roots, Giving, Wish

  Theodor Herzl (1960). “Herzl Speaks His Mind on Issues, Events, and Men”

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• Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

  Jim Ramstad

  Gratitude, Important, Debt

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• It is no coincidence that our country has not been attacked since 9-11. Our initiatives to protect the homeland and aggressively take the fight to the terrorists have been factors in that success.

  Roger Wicker

  Success, Country, Fighting

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• There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.

  Andrew Card

  Government, Entity, Homeland Security

  "White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card". "PBS NewsHour" with Margaret Warner, www.pbs.org. June 7, 2002.

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• While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.

  Michael Dean Crapo

  Military, Mean, Challenges

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• And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds.

  Patrick J. Kennedy

  Government, Communicate, Homeland Security

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• No fiction, no myths, no lies, no tangled webs - this is how Irie imagined her homeland. Because homeland is one of the magical fantasy words like unicorn and soul and infinity that have now passed into language.

  Zadie Smith

  Lying, Tangled, Soul

  Zadie Smith (2001). “White Teeth”, p.408, Penguin UK

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