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" We want the president to act to keep America safe. "
Tom Cotton
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" Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner. "
Tom Cotton
Recognize
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Iran
" The IAEA should be worried, as I am worried about it, because North Korea is now a nuclear power state with a ballistic missile program. "
Tom Cotton
Nuclear Power
Because
I Am
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Politics
Business
Men
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Believe
I Believe
Result
" Donald Trump can ultimately make the case for himself. "
Tom Cotton
Case
Make
Trump
" At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life. "
Tom Cotton
Life
Political
Philosophy
" The president has largely taken a hands-off approach in Syria and granted it as a legitimate sphere of interest to countries like Iran and like Russia. This is very bad policy, and it's going to lead to very dangerous consequences for our partners in the region, which is why so many of them are so opposed to U.S. policies. "
Tom Cotton
Like
Bad
Dangerous
" The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible. "
Tom Cotton
Truth
Impossible
Crime
" Police officers put the badge on every morning, not knowing for sure if they'll come home at night to take it off. "
Tom Cotton
Morning
Night
Police
" Our enemies and allies alike must know that aggressors will pay an unspeakable price for challenging the United States. The best way to impose that price is global military dominance. "
Tom Cotton
Military
Know
Best
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
End
Started
Left
" The acronym ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. But increasingly, we see that it's not limited there. We see it in Egypt. We see it in Libya. We see it in Afghanistan. "
Tom Cotton
See
Afghanistan
Limited
" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "
Tom Cotton
Flawed
Iran
Nuclear
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Celebrate
World
Stand
" The Islamic State is using medieval tactics. "
Tom Cotton
Using
Medieval
Islamic
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Boston
Middle East
America
" I was in Iraq in the worst period, 2006, but from 2006 to 2008, and especially through 2011, the American military and the government of Iraq made huge strides in making that country a source of stability with a relatively representative government that was seeking pluralistic engagement from all the factions within the government. "
Tom Cotton
Country
Military
American
" We have taught Iran's leaders and the world a very bad lesson: that there is a price on the head of Americans to be held hostage. "
Tom Cotton
Lesson
World
Bad
" The Senate must approve any deal President Obama negotiates with Iran by a two-thirds majority vote. "
Tom Cotton
Majority
Senate
Vote
" We have to remain vigilant, and we have to continue to take the fight to the terrorist. "
Tom Cotton
Vigilant
Take
Remain
" We need to be tough once again in the world. "
Tom Cotton
World
Need
Again
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Wishes
Legal
Family
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Daily
Care
Prayer
" 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
Up
Soldiers
" I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for. "
Tom Cotton
People
Election
You
" Given the devastation that crime can visit on families and communities, I will err on being a little too tough on crime than being too soft on crime. "
Tom Cotton
Crime
Tough
Visit
" Vladimir Putin is decisive. He's committed to victory, and he now has aircraft and surface-to-air missiles and main battle tanks in Syria. "
Tom Cotton
Now
Victory
Battle
" If anything, we have an under-incarceration problem. "
Tom Cotton
Problem
Anything
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Fight
Started
War
" 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
Us
World
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