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" At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life. "
Tom Cotton
Life
Political
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" Feminists say no-fault divorce was a large hurdle on the path to female liberation. They apparently don't consult the deepest hopes or greatest fears of young women. "
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" Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through a process of self-selection, since politics is a dirty business that discourages all but the most ambitious. "
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" I have introduced legislation - with other senators from both parties, like Bob Corker and Bob Menendez and Joe Manchin - called the 'Countering the Iranian Threats Act', specifically to clamp down on a lot of Iran's nefarious activity throughout the region. "
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" Against the wishes of my family, I gave up my legal career, and I volunteered for the Army. I became an infantryman. I went to Iraq and Afghanistan. "
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" Police officers put the badge on every morning, not knowing for sure if they'll come home at night to take it off. "
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" Waterboarding isn't torture. We do waterboarding to our own soldiers in the military. "
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" If we had maintained a small, residual force in Iraq, I don't think the Islamic State would have risen to power as it has. "
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" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "
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" I run a lot every morning. "
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" The world probably wishes that Great Britain had rebuilt its defenses and stopped Germany from reoccupying the Rhineland in 1936. "
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" Roadside bombs that Iran sent to Iraq to blow up over 500 American soldiers cost a lot less than $1.7 billion. "
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" Teenagers are kinda the same wherever you find them in America. "
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" Jimmy Carter proposed withdrawing the troops from South Korea. He was stopped by the United States Congress. "
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United
" Before the surge started, frankly, after I left Iraq towards the end of 2006, I was worried that we were losing the war. But after the surge, I felt that we succeeded. "
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Left
" Our national-security strategy must drive our military budget, rather than the budget setting our strategy. "
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" The Iranian people, if you look at their demographics and their level of education, could be a strong source for stability in the Middle East. The problem is they're run by an apocalyptic cult of ayatollahs. "
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" Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran. "
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" I can assure you that I'm not very close to Hillary Clinton. I think she's disqualified herself from Commander-in-Chief by her cavalier attitude towards our nation's secrecy laws. "
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" We're not responsible for the domestic security of every one of our allies. "
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" Some people say I'm a young man in a hurry. Well, guess what: they're right. "
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" We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies. "
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" What you did do with your grocery card, discount card is much more invasive to your privacy than what the NSA does. "
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" The Middle East and South Asia have a lot less in common with America than 18-year-old kids in Boston have with 18-year-old kids in Arkansas. "
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" The use of encrypted communication and data storage to shield terrorist coordination from intelligence and law-enforcement authorities is known as 'going dark.' "
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" In our globalized world, our domestic prosperity depends heavily on the world economy, which, of course, requires stability and order. Who provides that stability and order? The U.S. military. "
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" Guantanamo Bay is a first-rate detention facility that's kept terrorists off the battlefield and kept America safe. It's critical role in our national security cannot be overstated. "
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" Most of who's left in the administration now are all these yes men and fanboys who were van drivers or press flacks for Barack Obama in Iowa and New Hampshire in 2008. "
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" The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been killing Americans, hundreds of Americans, for 35 years in Iraq and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. "
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" I will say that there are genuine and serious concerns about what Hillary Clinton did before the Benghazi attacks, during them, and after them. I think her extremely careless handling of classified information, to use FBI Director Jim Comey's term, disqualifies her from being president. "
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