Urban Security Quotes

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality.

Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

I'd grown up in the U.K., where the surveillance apparatus went into place in the 1970s in response to the Troubles with the IRA. When I was a kid, we moved to Chicago, and I was surprised to see you could live in a large city in which you didn't have cameras on every street corner.

Our police officers are on the front line of a battle to maintain control of our streets.

I can't help thinking the failed New York bomber would've done far more damage if he'd simply driven throught Times Square in a Toyota.

How do you prevent attacks from becoming the very fabric of lived life in a city? Of course it's very easy to say you should be fearless and go about your daily life.

We cannot and will not submit to forces that want to panic our city.

Clinton said he feels safe in Harlem. It's the only place in the state Hillary is scared to look for him after dark.

But the nomads were the terror of all those whom the soil or the advantages of the market had induced to build towns. Agriculture therefore was a religious injunction, because of the perils of the state from nomadism.

Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation.

Colonial history contains many examples of firearm regulations in urban areas that imposed obstacles to their use for protection of the home.

There is such a desire to give everybody a piece, we're probably wasting a great deal of homeland security money trying to be politically correct, when we really need to make sure that our cities get the money they need.

The attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life.

He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him to be.

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.

I'm the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night... and reduce the crime rate.

This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.

In Vancouver, you have to lock your doors - not for strangers, but for bears.

And finally, let me just say it is a fact that not every city can dedicate resources to terrorism.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

If Donald Trump wants to harm cities and the people who call them home, he'll have to come through me.

I just feel that getting out there physically and protecting New York, putting my arms around everyone and protecting them... to see this happen to our city and our community.

I don't want to have thousands of people shot in a city where, essentially, I'm the president.

There was a time when Istanbul was one of the safest cities in the world, because people were afraid of the police. People are no longer as afraid of the police as they used to be. Mugging used to be almost unknown; now everybody is afraid of mugging. In that sense, the downside of liberalization is already being felt in Turkey. And of course some people are afraid of Kurdish ethno-terrorism, which worries Turks very much more than the religious sort.

I don't think there's a city that has done more and sustained a higher level of security and protection than New York City.