Political Quotes

Kristi Noem

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration; formerly Governor of South Dakota (2019–2025).

Quotes by year · 2010–20261,139 total · peak 2025 (582)
2010: 1 quote2011: 36 quotes2012: 22 quotes2013: 53 quotes2014: 66 quotes2015: 49 quotes2016: 83 quotes2017: 26 quotes2018: 7 quotes2020: 9 quotes2021: 32 quotes2022: 11 quotes2023: 44 quotes2024: 73 quotes2025: 582 quotes2026: 45 quotes
Jan 18, 2026

We are following the exact same investigative and review process that we always have under ICE and under the Department of Homeland Security.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We're just so thankful that we have a president that's upholding the law and is determined to make sure that the laws are applied equally to everyone.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

Every day we get a murderer off the streets of Minneapolis, the public is safer.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We hope that more people don't weaponize their vehicles like this.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We hope there's never another situation like this before.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

The facts are that this individual weaponized her car and threatened the life of the law enforcement officer.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

Every single individual has committed a crime, but 70 percent of them have committed or have charges against them on violent crimes.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

I do know that they're extremely grateful every time we get a pedophile off the street.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We wouldn't be in this situation if Joe Biden hadn't allowed our open-border policies to be in place.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

And President Trump is keeping his promise to the American people.

cbsnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

It was an act of domestic terrorism.

latimes.com
Jan 10, 2026

President Trump is not going to let that happen.

theatlantic.com
Jan 10, 2026

This city has burned before. And your governor and your mayor let it happen.

theatlantic.com
Jan 10, 2026

All of us are on the same page in the fact that this law enforcement officer followed his training and that he defended and acted in defense of his life and those around him.

nbcnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

Ross was acting in self-defense, and claimed that Good was trying to use her car as a weapon in an act of 'domestic terrorism.'

cbsnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

You will be held accountable for your crimes.

npr.org
Jan 10, 2026

We've got thousands of officers there, and I'm not opposed to sending more if necessary to keep people safe.

npr.org
Jan 10, 2026

Deadly force is perfectly lawful when a threat is faced by a weapon, so I do believe that this officer used his training in this situation.

npr.org
Jan 10, 2026

It's clearly established law that a vehicle driven by a person and used to harm someone is a deadly weapon.

npr.org
Jan 10, 2026

Any loss of life is a tragedy, and I think all of us can agree that in this situation, it was preventable.

cnn.com
Dec 27, 2025

ICE officers continue to operate in a highly challenging and increasingly dangerous environment.

npr.org
Dec 27, 2025

The investigation and the information that you would like.

npr.org
Dec 8, 2025

Agents only need reasonable suspicion to make arrests, not probable cause.

slate.com
Nov 30, 2025

This is an activist judge and I understand, you know, we’re still in litigation with this against this activist judge who’s continuously tried to stop us from protecting the American people.

theguardian.com
Nov 30, 2025

Yes, I made that decision and that decision was under my complete authority and following the law and the constitution.

theguardian.com

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