“The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes”
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
“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
“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
“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
“The Xerox machine is one of the biggest threats to national security ever devised.”
Adm Thomas Moorer
“I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.”
Jim Garrison
“I think you're going to see a heavy concentration in the months ahead on national security items and making sure that terrorism doesn't revisit American shores.”
Kenneth Duberstein
