George W. Bush Quotes

No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.

There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.

The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat.

With a nation at war against terrorism and our men and women on the front line defending our homeland from abroad, resources need to be prioritized and allocated properly.

It is no coincidence that our country has not been attacked since 9-11. Our initiatives to protect the homeland and aggressively take the fight to the terrorists have been factors in that success.

Border security and homeland security are one and the same.

The search for national security is today a source for urban insecurity.

Many threats to the homeland begin overseas, and that's where we need to be.

Let us learn from the lessons of September 11 and not wait for a major strike before we act. We must work together - Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, government and the private sector - to make our country a safer and more prosperous place.

I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into our country.

My first responsibility is to keep America safe.

Our first priority should be to protect the homeland. If we don't, a future generation might ask, 'Who lost America?'

The issue that Mr. Trump is talking about and which, really, frankly, I expect the media should be talking about is protecting the American homeland from national security risks and terrorists.

National security begins with border security. Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they cannot get into our country.

I think people are listening to our message of securing the homeland first, keeping the American people safe and improving our economic situation. I think those things are being received well, and we're moving forward here.

My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical elements in that process.

Let me state this as clearly as I can: We are going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. We will not be deterred from this course, and in a matter of days, we will be taking brand new action to protect out people and keep America safe. You will see the action.

We need a president who is focused on defeating every single ISIS terrorist and protecting the homeland, which should be the first priority.

We should be worried about protecting the homeland. I think that policy is changing, should change and will change.

Our number one responsibility is to protect the homeland.

If terrorism tries to dent the security of this country and its sovereignty, we will give it a befitting reply.

There's nothing that I would do to ever endanger this country.

Let's talk about national security. That's what's keeping most Americans up at night.

At any time, somebody can blow themselves up and take Americans with them. They can blow up an airplane; they can crash an airplane. That's something we have to worry about every day - we spend 40 billion dollars yearly on homeland security. That has nothing to do with Crusades or any of that other nonsense.