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" I learned one of the very important lessons in life in the 9/11 attacks. It's good to have a plan for your future; it's even better to write your plan in pencil. "

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" The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible. "

Tom Cotton

Truth

Impossible

Crime

" We should have imposed new sanctions in 2013 and maintained the strength of our negotiating position, which is what brought Iran to the table in the first place. "

" The West has been calling for years for the forces of moderate Islam to stand up to the very small percentage but very large number of radical Muslims all around the world. When countries - the U.A.E. or Egypt or Jordan - do that, we need to highlight it, we need to celebrate it, and we need to continue to encourage it. "

" We're simply trying to say that Congress has a constitutional role to approve any deal, to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Not today, not tomorrow, not ten years from now. "

" Unlike President Obama, I would say that I support the long-standing bipartisan post-war belief that American global strength and leadership secures our national-security interests, and it also promotes order and stability in the world. And it gives us immense influence in the world and deters our adversaries and reassures our allies. "

Tom Cotton

World

Support

" The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been killing Americans, hundreds of Americans, for 35 years in Iraq and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. "

" What I believe is that a lot of the NSA's telephone metadata program is the result of misinformation spread by a traitor, Edward Snowden. "

" 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. "

" When he was running, my thinking was, 'I can't believe my governor is running for president.' By the end of Clinton's first year in office, I was like, 'Wow, I must not be a Democrat.' "

" Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings. "

" Hillary Clinton exposed our nation's most sensitive national security secrets to foreign adversaries. "

" You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise. "

" Guantanamo Bay can be and has been visited repeatedly by the International Red Cross and other human-rights groups for observation in an open, regular, and transparent manner. Detainees receive the same medical care as the guard force and are able to participate in their daily prayer sessions. "

" I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups. "

Tom Cotton

Stairs

Groups

" I spent several months patrolling Al Dora district in Baghdad in 2006 with the 101st Airborne. It's a tough neighborhood. There's a lot of militias operating there, including a lot of Shiite militias, which are backed by Iran. "

" My thesis was a defense of our Constitution on the terms that the founding fathers wrote specifically in the Federalist Papers. They hoped that our form of government would draw forward men and women who are the wisest, most prudent, and most experienced. "

" Jimmy Carter proposed withdrawing the troops from South Korea. He was stopped by the United States Congress. "

Tom Cotton

Congress

United

" I joined the army after 9/11, after the Iraq war was started. I joined in part because I wanted to go fight on the front lines. "

" America does not torture. We never have, and we never will. "

" Today, few terrorist organizations still employ the 'al-Qaeda model' in which individuals travel to terrorist training camps overseas and then are deployed to the West to inflict atrocities. "

" Roadside bombs that Iran sent to Iraq to blow up over 500 American soldiers cost a lot less than $1.7 billion. "

Tom Cotton

American

Soldiers

" I have always had confidence in our front line F.B.I. personnel as well as the F.B.I. leadership. "

" There's been a lot of disappointments with the Iraqi army, no doubt about that. Some units have performed well, especially their special operations units. But a lot of their units have not. "

" Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. "

Tom Cotton

Donald Trump

America

" My heart goes out, as does every American, when I see the videotape of Jason Rezaian and Amir Hekmati and Saeed Abedini coming back to their families. "

" There are still plenty of fighting forces inside of Syria who want to see Assad go. We should have been helping them from the very beginning. "

" As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy. "

" The critical role of Congress in the adoption of international agreements was clearly laid out by our Founding Fathers in our Constitution. And it's a principle upon which Democrats and Republicans have largely agreed. "

" We need to be tough once again in the world. "

" Obviously, the United States military can destroy any of Iran's nuclear infrastructure. "