National Security Act

National Security Act can refer to

  • National Security Act (India), law to provide for preventive detention
  • National Security Act (South Korea), regarding seditious activities
  • National Security Act of 1947, a United States law that established the Central Intelligence Agency


Famous quotes containing the words national, security and/or act:

    “Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.”
    —William Cobbett (1762–1835)

    “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
    —Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution (1791)

    “‘Tis much he dares,
    And to that dauntless temper of his mind,
    He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor
    To act in safety.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)