Henry Shelton Quotations

I think the prospect for casualties remains very real and high, ... There is no such thing as a risk-free military operation.

Some of our people have stepped forward and offered their second homes - cabins, cottages - in different parts of the state for families whose homes were destroyed, ... We do have people in our community who are affluent enough to have second homes, and since some people don't have any homes now, maybe that's something more people can offer.

We continue to make considerable progress in our anti-terrorism and force protection program, ... Our people are better protected today than in the past.

We get these calls every day. The companies have become much more hard-hearted.

We, collectively, are robbing Peter to pay Paul,

While we can never fully eliminate the possibility that terrorists will strike against us, we are doing our utmost to ensure the security of our forces so they can carry out their important missions at minimum risk.

Even though kids were hungry, some kids were staying out.

Things are worse. The gap's getting wider -- between those who have and those who do not.

Poverty is alive and well in Rhode Island,

It's a matter now of the procedures that we have to go through to have the aircraft returned,

It?s insane to have a policy that keeps breaking down.

These three folks have no awareness of the poor.

If you did a poll of Rhode Island people, ... they don't want people to be cold, they don't want people to be shut off.

The exact time and place and how that's going to take place will be handled diplomatically.