National Security Quotes - Page 16

• The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign policy. It won't work. We have to be the party that can stand toe to toe with George W. Bush on national security, as well as the party of compassion.

  Wesley Clark

  Running, Party, Compassion

  Wesley Clark at Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Johnson Theatre, University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. December 9, 2003.

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• I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn.

  Wesley Clark

  Forgotten, Security

  Wesley Clark's speech at the 2004 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Richmond, Virginia, February 7, 2004.

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• This is not only a possible breach of national security; it is a potential violation of law. Under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, it is a crime for anyone who has access to classified information to disclose intentionally information identifying a covert agent.

  David Corn

  Law, Identity, Agents

  "A White House Smear" by David Corn, www.thenation.com. July 16, 2003.

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• First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of our laws and undermines national security efforts.

  Bobby Jindal

  Country, Government, Law

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• United States foreign policy, which includes national security, is literally disintegrating before our eyes.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Eye, United States, Foreign Policy

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• Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe.

  Dan Lipinski

  Promise, Environmental, Energy

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• The high prices also highlight the fact that the U.S. is too heavily dependent on fossil fuels that we import from unstable parts of the world. To protect our national security, we must become more energy secure.

  Dan Lipinski

  Facts, Energy, Burning Fossil Fuels

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• The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect.

  Thomas Friedman

  Country, Healthy, Energy

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• One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.

  George McGovern

  Iraq, America, Vietnam

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• WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States.

  Peter King

  Pregnancy, United States, Wikileaks

  "The World Reacts to Massive Diplomatic Leak". www.spiegel.de. November 29, 2010.

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• For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

  George McGovern

  Years, Republican, Accusing

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• The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.

  George McGovern

  War, Two, Iraq

  "George McGovern: Cheney is wrong about me, wrong about war". www.latimes.com. April 24, 2007.

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• I believe our foreign assistance should be scrutinized, should be debated, and that we should strike the right balance, but in all cases the foreign assistance that we provide around the world should be used to further our national security interests.

  John Sununu

  Believe, Balance, World

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• I believe in an America in which the fruits of productivity and prosperity are shared by all, by workers as well as owners, by those at the bottom as well as those at the top; an America in which the sacrifices required by national security are shared by all, by profiteers in the back offices as well as volunteers on the front lines.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Believe, Sacrifice, America

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• History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Jobs, Military, War

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• In the 2000 election, George W. Bush, who had shirked military service, succeeded in presenting himself as more reliable on national security than Al Gore.

  Samantha Power

  Military, Als, Election

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• President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

  Samantha Power

  President, Reputation, Republican

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• The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.

  Leon Panetta

  Impact, Climate, Dramatic

  "Sickly Job Growth Sets Up Unhappy Choice for Obama" by Chris Stirewalt, www.foxnews.com. May 04, 2012.

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• President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Track, Decision, President

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• Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power.

  Jon Meacham

  Military, Economic, Term

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• When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Mind, Pandemics

  "Grounding a Pandemic". New York Times OpEd by Barack Obama and Richard Lugar, www.nytimes.com. June 06, 2005.

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• I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.

  Michele Bachmann

  President, Libya, Made

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• I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.

  Patrick J. Kennedy

  Believe, Responsibility, Liberty

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• It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Integrity

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• I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost.

  John O. Brennan

  Sensitive, Method, Lost

  "The Efficacy and Ethics of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy". Remarks by John O. Brennan at the Wilson Center, www.wilsoncenter.org. April 30, 2012.

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