Tom Ridge Quotes on Terrorism (10 Quotes)

We do not know how long it will take to defeat the scourge of terrorism or how many Americans will give their lives for the cause. But we do know one thing with absolute certainty The passengers and crew of Flight 93 won the first battle,

This realignment offers a sweeping gain of additional armed law enforcement officials who will be able to provide a 'surge capacity' during increased threat periods or in the event of a terrorist attack.

We do not cower, we are coming after you -- whether you are a nation bent on tyranny, a terrorist group or cell, as the president said, 'We will prevail.'

In spite of everything we have done, we are only at the beginning of what will be a long struggle to protect this country from terrorism,

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

But we feel very strongly that it is a very, very important part of how we prosecute domestically the war on terrorism.

You ought to consider it potentially a terrorist event because it looked like he was equipped to do massive harm and damage to people, ... Unfortunately, there's some very troubled people within our own country and we've seen they can act out and we have to be prepared and ready for them as well.

Some people have questioned, 'well, you put us on a general alert a couple of weeks ago and nothing happened,' ... This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time, and from time to time we may issue the same general alert again.

The threat of terrorism forces us to make a choice. We can be afraid, or we can be ready, ... Ready Campaign.

I'm not sure we're ever going to be able to say that because we raised it from Yellow to Orange or because we modified, changed or enhanced security at this facility, at this bridge, at this tunnel, that it deterred a terrorist from acting,