National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities.
It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.
Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.
A healthy and fully functioning society must allocate its resources among a variety of competing interests, all of which are more or less valid but none of which should take precedence over national security.
Next to upholding the Constitution of the United States, the president's highest duty is to protect the security of this country - our national security.
We need to protect the sovereignty of our nation, and we need to protect the security of our people here in the country.
Where there is law, and where there is government, there is security.
Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.