Thomas H. Kean Quotes

The most painful death in all the world is the death of a child. When a child dies, when one child dies not the 11 per 1,000 we talk about statistically, but the one that a mother held briefly in her arms he leaves an empty place in a parent's heart that will never heal.

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You had no command and control. Who was in charge? Really, nobody was in charge.

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That was a sign that things aren't right yet.

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The most striking thing to us is that the size of the problem still totally dwarfs the policy response. We have no greater fear than a terrorist who is inside the United States with a nuclear weapon. The consequences of such an attack would be catastrophic for our people, for our economy, for our liberties.

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We believe that the terrorists will strike again. If they do, and these reforms that might have prevented such an attack have not been implemented, what will our excuses be?

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