Civil Protection Quotes

The deadliest enemies of nations are not their foreign foes; they always dwell within their borders. And from these internal enemies civilization is always in need of being saved.

You saw on your TV what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The Reserves or National Guard are usually the people we use for those national emergencies. They weren't here, they were over in Iraq, and so we were less protected.

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.

Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.

Certainly I shall use the police, and most ruthlessly, whenever the German people are hurt. But I refuse the notion that the police are protective troops for Jewish stores. No, the police protect whoever comes into Germany legitimately, but it does not exist for the purpose of protecting Jewish money-lenders.

Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.

Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence.

The core functions of government are negative—putting out fires, arresting criminals, settling disputes—and much more of what government does is the unromantic work of preventing bad situations from getting worse.

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.

Five and forty steps the sky will burn. Fire approaching the large new city. Instantly a great thin flame will leap, when someone will want to test the Normans.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

The state has a duty to protect all its citizens.

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.

Except it be to give protection against violence, I decline to interfere in any way with any Presidential election.

This is government's primary function - to keep us safe - and when large percentages in America don't feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?

The new technique of war has created the necessity of developing a new technique of civil defense. It is not just community singing, sweater knitting and basket weaving that is needed.

A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper.

Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission.

The citizens of America and the citizens of Texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. That's what the rule of law is truly all about.