Tom Ridge Quotes

The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by addressing the root causes of terrorism and conflict. But it's not just about security. By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs Budget creates jobs and boosts the economy here at home.

Tom Ridge

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• The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.

  

  Carl Levin
  • People
  • American
  • Future

• Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Security
  • Against
  • Airport

• Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Security
  • Down
  • Walk

• Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Fight
  • Security
  • Turn

• A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing to sacrifice resources for the sake of others' development.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Identity
  • Sacrifice
  • Security

• What I heard was that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory. He'll have Social Security reform passed, that he'll have tax reform passed, that he'll have conservative judges on the courts.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Victory
  • Security
  • Tax

• We must never relent in our efforts to resolve conflicts through diplomacy and through all of the instruments bestowed by the Charter of the United Nations.

  

  Felipe VI of Spain
  • Diplomacy
  • United Nations

• Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.

  

  Zell Miller
  • American
  • America
  • Today

• It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • America
  • Security
  • Europe

• Nobody should be too boastful or too proud about their security because there are people who have a major interest in cracking the security of networks, the security of companies.

  

  Randall L. Stephenson
  • People
  • Proud
  • Security

• I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Me
  • Security
  • Terrible

• A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.

  

  Daniel Akaka
  • Security
  • More
  • Surveillance

• John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.

  

  Zell Miller
  • Like
  • Security
  • Outsourcing

• The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • Financial
  • New
  • Security

• Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Knowledge
  • Security
  • Changes

• I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Terrorism
  • Roots
  • Call

• 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
  • Service
  • Security

• I used to like John McCain, too, but I must admit that was because he was bucking his party to do things I agreed with. I would not have had that reaction if, say, Bernie Sanders decided to rebel out of principle and support privatizing Social Security.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Support
  • Party
  • Security

• Like it or not, I've come to appreciate soccer. Any kid can play, which fits with the inclusive agenda of progressive schools. Although the corollary to 'any kid can play' is that every kid must play because there is an iron grip to the warm hug of progressive inclusionism.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Soccer
  • Hug
  • Warm

• A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.

  

  Garson Kanin
  • Up
  • Man
  • Eye

• The thing about real life is that important events don't announce themselves... Usually something that is going to change your whole life is a memory before you can stop and be impressed about it.

  

  Edith Schaeffer
  • Life
  • Important
  • Real

• When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.

  

  Nana Mouskouri
  • Life
  • Myself
  • Questions

• As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.

  

  Kabir
  • Music
  • Long
  • Mind

• The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by addressing the root causes of terrorism and conflict. But it's not just about security. By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs Budget creates jobs and boosts the economy here at home.

  

  Tom Ridge
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Programs