158 Quotes by Tom Ridge

The airlines and aviation today are far better prepared,

More often than not we were the least inclined to raise it. Sometimes we disagreed with the intelligence assessment. Sometimes we thought even if the intelligence was good, you don't necessarily put the country on alert, There were times when the White House was really aggressive about raising it, and we said, 'For that?' We often lost the argument.

It needs to be discussed, and we will continue to discuss it,

It's a national effort grounded in the knowledge that states and local agencies play the primary role in emergency response.

I am going to step back a little bit, breathe deeply and then decide.

They are insidious, ... a vast paradox of personalities and groups, some spontaneous, some very methodical, yet they are all intent on doing us harm.

I am saddened that this job is even necessary. But it is necessary. So I will give it everything I have. The task is enormous.

The intelligence that we've received over the past several weeks is ... a series of general non-specific threats against the United States.

Celebrity or unknown, our job is to act on information that others have given us,