"We can't defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense. We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities. We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can."

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Source : Source: www.salon.com

Alan Bersin

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Borders Quotes

“I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun.”
“In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.”
“To live, to have so much ambition, to suffer, to cry, to fight and, at the end, forgetfulness ... as if I had never existed.”
“It is unlikely that God's plan for the universe includes making you rich.”

Source : Max Gunther (2005). “The Zurich Axioms: The rules of risk and reward used by generations of Swiss bankers”, p.103, Harriman House Limited
“I write movies about mavericks, about people who break rules, and I don't like movies about people who are pulverised for being mavericks.”
“The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the government in line within the bounds of the Constitution. The Founding Fathers said that armed citizens are a bulwark against a tyrant in the White House.”
“Tell me something I can dance to.”
“The increase in accidents is disappointing. But the decrease in total fatalities is a hopeful sign.”

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