158 Quotes by Tom Ridge

This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time.

This is the right move at the right time for the right reasons,

I'm confident that the terrorists are aware that from the curb to the cockpit we've got additional security measures that didn't exist a couple of years ago.

All other systems failed, so they decided to use the Internet to create their own call centers. It shows the application of what you do to help our first responders.

What he needs to understand is that the turnaround in Pennsylvania has everything to do with the people in Pennsylvania, and not the people on Pennsylvania Avenue,

It was serious enough from our perspective ... a credible enough theory that at least we ought to tell folks we are mindful of it and that you ought to be mindful of it out there as well,

It was an attack against us all, because it sought in its violence to divide us by the color of our skin and the nations of our ancestors.

We got very specific information regarding when and what flights. It didn't quite have the specificity with regard to the nature of the attack, but there was certainly enough credibility associated with the when and the where, the date and the flight

For every level of threat there will be a level of preparedness, ... It is a system that is equal to the threat.