17+ Michael Chertoff Quotes On Education, Democracy

Michael Chertoff is the former United States Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush. He was appointed in 2005 and served until 2009. He is currently the executive chairman of The Chertoff Group, a security and risk management advisory firm. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Michael Chertoff on education, leadership, democracy.

I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water. — Michael Chertoff

And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning done, make sure the buses are there. When that's done, it's completely appropriate to go around and tour around and look at the damage. — Michael Chertoff

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans. — Michael Chertoff

And I have to say, I agree with some of the criticisms that some have made about that state program which allocates the grant money on a very rigid formula all across the country, with a certain percentage to each state. — Michael Chertoff

The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got. — Michael Chertoff

We now have capabilities in science and technology that raise the very realistic possibility that a small group of terrorists could kill not only thousands of people, as they did on September 11th, but hundreds of thousands of people. And that has changed the dimension of the threat we face. — Michael Chertoff

You don't bargain with terrorists. You don't appease terrorists. And anybody who believes that this is about something we've done has to ask themselves why it is, on September 11, 2001, before we were in Afghanistan, before we were in Iraq, he committed a dastardly attack killing over 3,000 people. I mean, this is not a matter of negotiation; it's a matter of victory. — Michael Chertoff

Even the kinds of ingredients you can find in your own kitchen can be used to make bombs. So the problem is with the people and not with the tools. — Michael Chertoff

Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media. — Michael Chertoff

We always monitor the flow of information, intelligence, threat streams to see whether we have any indication there's some imminent. We work hard to identify potential cells and disrupt them. This is one of the reasons we put so much emphasis on intelligence gathering. — Michael Chertoff

So people have to decide. Do they want to have the security? Do they want to continue to plug the gap [in border security] that GAO has identified and recognize that there will be some costs to doing that? Or do we want to make sure that business isn't hampered and that people can move back and forth readily, and recognize that, if we don't put some barriers in place, we're going to wind up with dangerous people coming into the country? — Michael Chertoff

So that's why I said, if you look at the average, you would see the money New York got this year was in line with the average across the prior three years and substantially more, by a country mile, than the money given to any other city. — Michael Chertoff

First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one. — Michael Chertoff

The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country. — Michael Chertoff

There really is no vacation from the world in which we live. — Michael Chertoff

The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack in this country in the last six years is not a cause for complacency or a time to celebrate the end of the struggle. The threat is not going away. The enemy has not lost interest. ...Fundamentally, we're in a struggle about ideology. Terrorists want to remake the world in their own image and it is the image that is intolerant of the kinds of institutions that we cherish. — Michael Chertoff

The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk; you've got to have a meaningful use for the money we give you. — Michael Chertoff

Life Lessons by Michael Chertoff

1. Michael Chertoff's work as Secretary of Homeland Security demonstrates the importance of collaboration and communication between different parts of the government in order to effectively protect the nation.
2. He also showed the importance of having a comprehensive strategy for dealing with security threats and the need for a strong and unified response to potential threats.
3. Lastly, his work emphasizes the need for a strong and resilient infrastructure in order to protect the nation from potential threats.