Seize Freedom, by Rep. Thad McCotter: on Homeland Security


Thad McCotter: Security through strength; not surrender

In fulfilling our enduring duty, we must be guided by five permanent principles:
  1. Our liberty is from God, not the government.
  2. Our sovereignty rests in our souls, not the soil.
  3. Our security is through strength, not surrender.
  4. Our prosperity is from the private sector, not the public sector.
  5. Our truths are self evident, not relative.
Historically, tyrants have viewed the democratic institutions of free nations as a sign of weakness. Consequently, America's surest path to disabusing these rulers of such dangerous illusions is to practice the policy of "peace through strength" and prudently expand liberty to ensure our security.
Source: Seize Freedom, by Rep. Thad McCotter, p. 24-25 Feb 8, 2011

Thad McCotter: FISA must not be weakened

The Left's inveterate ideological need to "blame America first" has persisted throughout our War for Freedom against terrorism, including our attempts to secure our homeland. We confront dangerous fallacies that diminish Americans' homeland security efforts. These fallacies include the assertion that Americans have no real need for homeland security and that terrorism can be considered a wholly criminal matter. These fallacies must be disabused by this sage advice: Know your enemy. Knowing our enemy will allow us often to anticipate and prevent its plans, targets, and tactics. But to fully stop the enemy's attacks requires hard intelligence in real time through vital tools such as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which must not be weakened, lest we lose one fateful step to the enemy's assassins. It also necessitates national preparedness, including expanded emergency planning and training first responders, and the enhancement of cyber--security measures to foil new attacks.
Source: Seize Freedom, by Rep. Thad McCotter, p.108-109 Feb 8, 2011

Thad McCotter: Install missile defense shield with NATO allies

In addition to enhancing our domestic defense capabilities, we must also build upon our historic and successful alliances through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Given the dangers posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, America and her NATO allies must install a missile defense shield to deter and defend against the increasing missile capabilities of rogue nations such as Iran and North Korea. Equally, NATO's mission must be refocused to match the global dangers of our age. Its past mission of securing the liberty of Western Europe and the United States against Soviet aggression must be expanded to defend against all organized threats to liberty. Logically, then, NATO membership must be open to all free nations.
Source: Seize Freedom, by Rep. Thad McCotter, p.132 Feb 8, 2011

  • The above quotations are from Seize Freedom!
    American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age    ,
    by Rep. Thad McCotter.
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