"This is, by the way, the great— one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration. The more successful they've been at intercepting and stopping bad guys, the less proof there is that we're in danger, and therefore, the better they've done at making sure there isn't an attack, the easier it is to say "well, there was never gonna be an attack anyway". And it's almost like they should every once in a while have allowed an attack to get through just to remind us."
React to this quote
More by Newt Gingrich
See allResonant Thoughts
"George Stephenson told me as a young man that railways will supersede almost all other methods of conveyance in this country — when mail-coaches will go by railway, and railroads will become the great…"
"When several creatures, men or animals, have worked together to overcome something offering resistance and have at last succeeded, there follows often a pause, as though they felt the propriety of pay…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"Goods offered as means of gaining social prestige make their appeals to one of the most profound of the hum…"
— Walter Dill Scott"My sister threw away loads of my drawings when I was a kid and when I asked her where they were she shrugge…"
— Banksy"We must fight our way to victory on a sea of blood and a horizon of fire."
— Gamal Abdel Nasser"The advent of colonialism and western capital to the Arab world has transformed most aspects of daily livin…"
— Joseph Massad"Iran says could reveal new "nuclear achievements"
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad"In any potential collectivity, members have different interests, capabilities, preferences, and so forth. T…"
— Karl E. Weick