But today an increasing number of voters look to the government for security and stability.
Last year one of the companies he runs won a $300m contract from the US government for security work in Iraq.
The families of Taliban leaders living in Pakistan depend on its government for security, travel documents, access to schools, and licenses to run businesses.
Mr Li's ambitions to invest in Indian ports have been blocked by the government for security reasons, due to his proximity to China's leadership.
France's rightwing opposition party Les Républicains were swift to condemn the government for security failings and not watching known radicals closely enough.
This will antagonise Tamils at large, and widen the gulf between them and the Sinhalese.In August the government "for security reasons" closed the main A9 highway to the north at the Muhamalai checkpoint.
He lost in part because his high approval ratings after the massacre of 77 people by Anders Breivik in 2011 fell when a report faulted the government for security lapses.
Several paid terms later she had to withdraw her standing because she was continuously denied a travel permit to the West Bank by the Israeli government, for "security reasons".
The city agency that operates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, defended the unchanged $30,000 annual fee, noting that the agency also pays $5 million a year to reimburse the federal government for security, trail maintenance, water monitoring and other services around the reservoir.
Continental Airlines, the No. 5 U.S. airline, posted a slim quarterly net profit including a reimbursement from the government for security fees, as the war in Iraq and weakness in the U.S. economy hurt demand for tickets.
