158 Quotes by Tom Ridge

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

This is something we've waited for, planned for a year and it feels real good to be under way. Right now, people feel good about the warm hospitality Philadelphia has extended, and I'm pretty excited about the positive tone Gov. Bush has set.

Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.

This enforcement action represents an outstanding example of international cooperation in disrupting the proliferation of radiological material,

They tell us that avoiding panic and confusion in a crisis helps them do their jobs better. So when you protect yourself, you're protecting your community, and it's one less concern that the first responders have at the time of an incident,

There's just no doubt in my mind - under any set of rules - water boarding is torture.

There will always be more to do, but today, America is significantly stronger and safer than ever before,

One of America's greatest strengths is the soft power of our value system and how we treat prisoners of war, and we don't torture.

There was X number of dollars, so we have to set priorities and we had to move people and money around.