Tom Ridge quote: "And all 50 states, through our Homeland Security Information Network, are connected to it. This is a goal we've reached five months ahead of schedule."

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, eac...
TOM RIDGE

It is as reliable a source, group of sources that we've ever seen before.
TOM RIDGE

We are struggling to make sense of what appears to be yet another brutal racist rampage,
TOM RIDGE

We're going to have an entry-exit system based on a machine-readable passport, so we'll be able to v...
TOM RIDGE

[Asked last Sunday whether the Capitol was the intended target on CNN's] Late Edition with Wolf Blit...
TOM RIDGE

These credible sources, ... suggest the possibility of attacks against the homeland around the holid...
TOM RIDGE

Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.
TOM RIDGE

I'm confident that the terrorists are aware that from the curb to the cockpit we've got additional s...
TOM RIDGE

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each pe...
TOM RIDGE

The general theme of it's-not-a-matter-of-if-but-when is legitimate.
TOM RIDGE

[• The U.S. homeland is better protected. America has become a land scoured, probed, patrolled and...
TOM RIDGE

for homeland security to be effective.
TOM RIDGE

critical to our country.
TOM RIDGE

undermine the economy of the United States.
TOM RIDGE

For every level of threat there will be a level of preparedness, ... It is a system that is equal to...
TOM RIDGE

God forbid, there may come a time when the local authorities or national authorities will tell you t...
TOM RIDGE

The quality of this intelligence, based on multiple reporting streams in multiple locations, is rare...
TOM RIDGE

are the result of offensive intelligence and military operations overseas, as well as strong partner...
TOM RIDGE

to make North America more secure and more prosperous.
TOM RIDGE

Everything we do is designed to keep planes flying, bring loved ones closer, enable sports fans to g...
TOM RIDGE

the ultimate protection of public safety is to cancel the flight.
TOM RIDGE

do all we can to honor those who rose up with resolve to defeat evil.
TOM RIDGE

based upon advanced information.
TOM RIDGE

might require an added level of protection, an added layer of safety.
TOM RIDGE

there was specific information regarding those flights.
TOM RIDGE

Maybe that's very much the reason that you'd be worried about it, because you hadn't seen it before,
TOM RIDGE

we're concerned about targets beyond these and are working to get more information about them.
TOM RIDGE

The intelligence that we've received over the past several weeks is ... a series of general non-spec...
TOM RIDGE

at the very heart of the discussion.
TOM RIDGE

For the first time ever, this international effort will establish one world standard for ship and po...
TOM RIDGE

In the meantime, as on the other occasions when the national threat level has been increased, we enc...
TOM RIDGE

You don't need too many committed to martyrdom to wreak havoc.
TOM RIDGE

The passengers and crew are an emblem of America's great glory: freedom and patriotism demonstrated ...
TOM RIDGE

This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time.
TOM RIDGE

Trust is a great force multiplier.
TOM RIDGE

following a terrorism-related event, fear and panic can be expected from both patients and health ca...
TOM RIDGE

very interested in any technology that can help create a safer and more secure America.
TOM RIDGE

Be alert but be defiant,
TOM RIDGE

We do not cower, we are coming after you -- whether you are a nation bent on tyranny, a terrorist gr...
TOM RIDGE

One of America's greatest strengths is the soft power of our value system and how we treat priso...
TOM RIDGE

It is very clear that their symptoms are suspicious, and their deaths are likely due to anthrax.
TOM RIDGE

Be wary and be mindful, ... Let's make sure that every individual citizen who sees something suspici...
TOM RIDGE

The homeland is secure when the hometown is secure.
TOM RIDGE

They are the second-fastest land animal. It's hard to catch them. It's like chasing a speeding bulle...
ANNABELLE RIDGE

We continue to talk to neighbors.
ANNABELLE RIDGE

We ended up getting six calls (yesterday) morning.
ANNABELLE RIDGE

an absolute heart of gold.
DAVID RIDGE

True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment...
DAVID RIDGE

That's a lot of stuff to give away. It's something no one had done. I think that's why everyone went...
CLAUDIA RIDGE

While we continue to face significant competition in the household products categories, we were able...
GARRY O. RIDGE

We did well in both our European and Asia/Pacific regions during the quarter, but some of this growt...
GARRY O. RIDGE

During the quarter we had solid growth in the U.S., Canada and Latin America, with strong sales in t...
GARRY O. RIDGE

We are still challenged by the continuing increases in cost of goods. As a result, we plan to implem...
GARRY O. RIDGE

We are pleased with the sales and profit growth we have generated across all of our trading blocs. W...
GARRY O. RIDGE

...there is nothing so dangerous in its consequences as injustice to individuals- whether it arise f...
JOHN ROLLIN RIDGE

Both destiny and free will exist simultaneously. You are destined to be given some opportunities but...
TOM TOM

During times of hardship people find happiness in simplest pleasures
TOM TOM

Am I good enough?
Trust.
TOM

The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this ...
TOM REISS

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they ca...
TOM LANDRY

There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail aro...
TOM HANKS

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.
TOM CRUISE

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.
TOM CRUISE

Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomo...
TOM CRUISE

When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. ...
TOM CRUISE

I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.
TOM CRUISE

I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybod...
TOM CRUISE

When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that include...
TOM CRUISE

Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right t...
TOM CRUISE

I like to work with people that I like hanging out with, that I admire, that are really smart and ta...
TOM CRUISE

If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian ...
TOM CRUISE

Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
TOM CRUISE

What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture,...
TOM CRUISE

I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband.
TOM CRUISE

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I...
TOM CRUISE

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell yo...
TOM CRUISE

The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you sur...
TOM CRUISE

I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I&...
TOM CRUISE

I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot o...
TOM CRUISE

I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn'...
TOM CRUISE

Do I make mistakes? Yeah.
TOM CRUISE

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a littl...
TOM CRUISE

I go without sleep, I just go hard.
TOM CRUISE

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to...
TOM CRUISE

Football is unconditional love.
TOM BRADY

My favorite meal has always been fried chicken.
TOM WATSON

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.
TOM HIDDLESTON

Eighteenth-century doctors prescribed sugar pills for nearly everything: heart problems, headache, c...
TOM REISS

Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.
KIANA TOM

Good things, when short, are twice as good.
TOM STOPPARD

Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper...
TOM STOPPARD

The thing that happens remarkably often is that the people who are writing a dissertation believe th...
TOM STOPPARD

I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.
TOM STOPPARD

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
TOM STOPPARD

The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; ...
TOM STOPPARD

I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones...
TOM STOPPARD

Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.
TOM STOPPARD

Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.
TOM STOPPARD

All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. An...
TOM STOPPARD

Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
TOM STOPPARD

The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with t...
TOM STOPPARD

For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clea...
TOM STOPPARD

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
TOM STOPPARD

Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.
TOM CONTI

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quart...
TOM CRUISE

Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibil...
TOM BRADY

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all...
TOM BRADY

Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always ...
TOM BRADY

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
TOM BRADY

I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.
TOM BRADY

So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they me...
TOM BRADY

If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.
TOM BRADY

My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe t...
TOM BRADY

There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look fo...
TOM BRADY

I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, y...
TOM BRADY

I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to ch...
TOM BRADY

You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help th...
TOM BRADY

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
TOM BRADY

When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.
TOM BRADY

I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'...
TOM BRADY

Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geome...
TOM DELONGE

I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.
TOM BRADY

What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and t...
TOM COTTON

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlis...
TOM LANTOS

I think these movies are definitely comedies. It's quite difficult to take a superhero movie ser...
TOM HOLLAND

Every chef has his treats. By that, I mean bits and pieces from things you're working on - crust...
TOM DOUGLAS

I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowi...
TOM CRUISE

I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool...
TOM HIDDLESTON

Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Ever...
TOM WAITS

Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.
TOM DOUGLAS

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness a...
TOM HARKIN

My wife and I decided to try and kick start our kitchens to a $15 minimum wage for cooks. I've p...
TOM DOUGLAS

I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Purita...
TOM FORD

Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema...
TOM HANKS

I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
TOM JONES

We are set to make very bad history.
TOM WILSON

These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.
TOM WILSON

If I had a nickel for every time I said 'Why me?' I'd have probably said 'Why me?...
TOM WILSON

What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.
TOM WILSON

The waist is a terrible thing to mind.
TOM WILSON

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
TOM WILSON

If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've l...
TOM WILSON

Many of us are more capable than some of us... but none of us is as capable as all of us!
TOM WILSON

Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.
TOM WILSON

There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past.
TOM WILSON

Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow.
TOM WILSON

About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
TOM WILSON

If I ever had an out-of-body experience - I'd try to come back to a different one.
TOM WILSON

I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while.
TOM WILSON

Mondays are the potholes in the road of life.
TOM WILSON

A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range!
TOM WILSON

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.
TOM WOLFE

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
TOM STOPPARD

Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around.
TOM WOLFE

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of disease...
TOM ALLEN

Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards,...
TOM HANKS

Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. B...
TOM STOPPARD

Everybody who is anyone wanted to meet a real life gangster, and here's Joey Gallo hitting the s...
TOM FOLSOM

The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
TOM LANDRY

From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can lite...
TOM STOPPARD

No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned w...
TOM WATSON

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what i...
TOM WATSON

Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick invo...
TOM PETTY

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term w...
TOM STOPPARD

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.
TOM LEHRER

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
TOM HANKS

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.
TOM WAITS

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors.
TOM STOPPARD

I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has f...
TOM COTTON

When I was 20, in 1957, and maybe you would say I was old enough to know better, but nevertheless, I...
TOM STOPPARD

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
TOM STOPPARD

The notion that the 'leader' has the right to ask huge sacrifices of your generation for a n...
TOM STOPPARD

The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we've got is Justin Bi...
TOM ODELL

After the first day of practice, there's not one guy who's playing at 100 percent or who fee...
TOM BRADY

There were no mail-order catalogues in 1492. Marco Polo's journal was the wish book of Renaissance E...
TOM ROBBINS

I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I...
TOM FORD

When I was a reporter in Bristol, which I was between the years 1954 and 1960, the newspaper would g...
TOM STOPPARD

In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student pro...
TOM STOPPARD

In his first year in office, President Obama pulled us back from the brink of the greatest economic ...
TOM VILSACK

My mother is looking forward to it even more than me! I'll be showing her the bright lights of N...
TOM FELTON

Tom Snyder was born to broadcast. He loved television and it loved him back. In that, he was a membe...
TOM SHALES

The most satisfying accomplishment for me was winning the British Open in 1996. But the most rewardi...
TOM LEHMAN

Life is a gamble at terrible odds, if it were a bet, you would not take it.
TOM STOPPARD

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
TOM BROKAW

If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times.
TOM CRUISE

I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my al...
TOM CRUISE

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
TOM CRUISE

I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I rea...
TOM CRUISE

Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journe...
TOM CRUISE

Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in....
TOM CRUISE

I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even...
TOM CRUISE

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.
TOM CRUISE

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
TOM CRUISE

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.
TOM CRUISE

I'm a romantic.
TOM CRUISE

When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the mot...
TOM CRUISE

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm ...
TOM CRUISE

I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me.
TOM CRUISE

I don't care who you are, life has challenges.
TOM CRUISE

I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the who...
TOM CRUISE

And all 50 states, through our Homeland Security Information Network, are connected to it. This is a goal we've reached five months ahead of schedule.

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And all 50 states, through our Homeland Security Information Network, are connected to it. This is a goal we've reached five months ahead of schedule.

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