158 Quotes by Tom Ridge

Trust is a great force multiplier.

We are confident they are taking this threat seriously,

Time will tell if we can directly link him to a specific organization or not,

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

Today we announce the Homeland Security Advisory system,

We are working with the pilots' association in Great Britain and other foreign carriers, ... We hope to convince them in time that, on targeted flights, the use of well-trained air marshals adds another level of security for international travel.

We don't want to broadcast to everybody where we're going to be doing this, but those areas and elements within the private sector, they have already been contacted and they understand that for the time being we want to maintain a similar level of security,

When our incident management team and our coordination center was notified (of the explosion), within in a very short period of time ... we knew what was going on at the local (and) state level, ... We engaged immediately in conversations with the Coast Guard, the EPA, the Health and Human Services.

with as much information as possible as quickly as possible.