“Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.” PeopleIfsProblemAbleCreativityCreativeSecurityComputerExcitingSolvePrioritiesStayingTouchingBe CreativeExciting ThingsTop Priorities Author:Bill Gates
“History teaches us these lessons for the interveners: leave your prejudices at home, keep your ambitions low, have enough resources to do the job, do not lose the golden hour, make security your first priority, involve the neighbours.” FirstsEnoughHomeJobsHoursLosesTeachSecurityLessonsAmbitionLowsResourcesPrejudicePrioritiesGoldenNeighbourGolden Hour Author:Paddy Ashdown
“In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?” SecretSecurityPrioritiesErasPrivacyDigitalBlanketSurveillanceOutrageous Author:Al Gore
“We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.” SecurityTerrorismPrioritiesCrushAlsNational SecurityBin LadenAl Qaeda Author:Barack Obama
“The NSA was actually concerned back in the time of the crypto-wars with improving American security. Nowadays, we see that their priority is weakening our security, just so they have a better chance of keeping an eye on us.” WarEyeChanceSecurityConcernedPrioritiesImprovingNsaWeakening Author:Edward Snowden
“I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and only a last resort, when everything else has failed, and then only with regard to our national security.” WorldFirstsBelieveHeartUseLastsForceI BelieveSecurityMy HeartRegardPrioritiesNational SecurityResortsUse Of Force Author:Ronald Reagan
“Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities.” SecurityHighestPrioritiesLinksPort Author:Kendrick Meek
“We need a president who is going to understand what actionable intelligence looks like and act on it. And we need a president and a cabinet who understands that the first and most important priority of the president of the United States is to protect the safety and security of Americans.” NeedsFirstsLooksImportantStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityProtectSafetyPrioritiesCabinetsSafety And Security Author:Chris Christie
“They're all tied together: taxes, Medicare, Social Security, and the debt. We've got to have a setting of priorities, and looking at it - at each of them as disconnected, I think, doesn't properly address these major challenges.” ThinkingTogetherSocialChallengesSecurityTaxesMajorsDebtPrioritiesSettingSettingsAddressesTiedSocial SecurityMedicareDisconnected Author:John McCain
“The other problem is that the priority of many soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan is operational security: not getting killed. Now that is a very valid priority, but it has to be balanced against many other priorities, especially not killing too many locals in the process.” ProblemProcessSecurityKillingSoldierIraqPrioritiesLocalsAfghanistanBalanced Author:Yaroslav Trofimov
“I think changing the Democratic Party platform [at the convention] is a great place to start. It should include expanding Social Security, a $15 minimum wage, and breaking up too-big-to-fail banks on Wall Street - among other Sanders priorities.” ThinkingShouldBigsSocialPartyFailingStreetsSecurityWallDemocraticPrioritiesConventionsPlatformsMinimumSocial SecurityExpandingDemocratic PartyMinimum Wage Author:Ben Wikler
“In fact, in Indiana we suspended the Syrian refugee program in the wake of the terrorist attack. We have no higher priority than the safety and security of the people of this country, and Donald Trump is right to articulate that view.” PeopleCountryFactsViewsSecurityTrumpHigherProgramSafetyPrioritiesTerroristRefugeeSuspendedIndianaTerrorist AttacksSafety And SecuritySyrian Refugees Author:Mike Pence
“That has never been a priority for me and I want the players to deal with a harder situation in practice than they'll ever have to deal with in the game. Maybe that's part of our ball security philosophy.” WantPhilosophyGamesDealsSituationPracticePlayerSecurityBallsHarderPriorities Author:Bill Belichick
“I think Donald Trump laid out a series of priorities that doesn't end with border security, it begins with border security.” ThinkingEndsSecurityTrumpSeriesPrioritiesBordersBorder Security Author:Mike Pence
“Donald Trump has made it clear, he wants to make a priority of national security, rebuilding our military, but he wants to do it in a fiscally responsible way.” WayWantMadeClearSecurityMilitaryTrumpResponsiblePrioritiesMade ItNational SecurityRebuilding Author:Mike Pence
“My number one financial priority is security. Not having to worry about how I am going to meet the bills and not owing anybody anything. I keep my outgoings as low as possible and save as much as I can.” I CanNumbersWorrySecurityLowsBillsFinancialPrioritiesOwing Author:Kate Thornton
“Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all kinds of ways, our lives are transformed by education and security. Even if it had not one iota of effect [on] security, it would still remain in my judgment the biggest priority in the world.” IfsWorldWayHumansKindStillsSocialHuman BeingsOur LivesEconomicEffectsSecurityDevelopmentJudgmentMajorsImpactGenderPrioritiesAll KindsTransformedEquityEconomic Development Author:Amartya Sen
“If we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then, I think that we have to act and we will take them out. We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.” IfsThinkingGovernmentSecuritySightPrioritiesCrushAlsNational SecurityBin LadenUnwillingAl QaedaOsama Bin Laden Author:Barack Obama