Security Quotes

I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.

The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in the banking system and in conventional medical insurance.

One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.

My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.

Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts.

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.

As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.

In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.

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.

For the next century, the Republicans have agreed that we will promote the dignity and future of every individual by building a free society under a limited, accountable government that protects liberty, security and prosperity for a brighter American dream.

The administration is manufacturing a crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.

I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that the attacks would almost certainly push us as a nation more toward security.

For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.

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

Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.

Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one.

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

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 other countries and terrorist organizations are working to secure information that could threaten national security, more funding is provided in the bill to increase counter-intelligence activities.

The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security.

The Hispanic community understands the American Dream and have not forgotten what they were promised - that in the U.S., a free market system, allows us all to succeed economically, achieve stability and security for your family and leave your children better off than yourselves.

President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provide for the country's retirement needs, Social Security would need to be supplemented by personal savings accounts.

We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources.

And let us not forget the Social Security system. Recent studies show that undocumented workers sustain the Social Security system with a subsidy as much as $7 billion a year. Let me repeat that: $7 billion a year.

I think there has to be greater heed paid by the Security Council members to military advice.