We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed

Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.

Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism

The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.