“I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless self-satisfaction”
John Steinbeck
“Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.”
Kofi Annan
“The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, 'I've got one question: What color is the red phone?'”
Bill Maher
“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?”
Robert Redford
“I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.”
Jim Garrison
“The Xerox machine is one of the biggest threats to national security ever devised.”
Adm Thomas Moorer
“This is an issue for people's pocketbooks as well as the economy and national security.”
James Woolsey
