276 Quotes by Michael Chertoff

If confirmed, I pledge to devote all my energy to promoting homeland security and all our fundamental liberties.

We cannot afford to let our guard down,

Great nations, like good people, keep their word,

He has done everything he possibly could to coordinate the federal response to the unprecedented challenge posed by Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee breach,

Through this kind of electronic passport we can verify travelers' identity, protect against identity theft and make it very difficult for forgers or impostors.

We totally understand what it's like to be sitting on top of a roof or to be sitting in a shelter where it's hot, where you're worried about when you're going to be picked up, where you're thirsty, where you're hungry,

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.

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

We were prepared for one catastrophe. The second catastrophe, frankly, added a level of challenge that no one has seen before.