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" 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.' "
Tom Cotton
End
Believe
Office
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" Our warriors and their families don't ask for much. But there are a few things we'd like. A commander-in-chief who speaks of winning wars and not merely ending wars, calls the enemy by its name, and draws red lines carefully but enforces them ruthlessly. "
Tom Cotton
Name
Red
Enemy
" I decided early on, very early, that the best role I could play is to speak in my own voice, assume my own voice and my own ideas. Even if you support a candidate who ultimately wins, what you say and do is seen through the filter of that candidate. "
Tom Cotton
Voice
Support
You
" Our goal is simple: to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "
Tom Cotton
Weapon
Stop
Simple
" Bill Clinton worked with a Republican Congress. They certainly had their differences on many issues, but look at what they also accomplished. Welfare reform - that was maybe the most significant social policy achievement in two generations. "
Tom Cotton
Achievement
Differences
Look
" 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
" It would be very dangerous and unwise to proceed with the Senate Judiciary bill, which would lead to the release of thousands of violent felons. "
Tom Cotton
Judiciary
Dangerous
Lead
" Donald Trump can ultimately make the case for himself. "
Tom Cotton
Case
Make
Trump
" What you did do with your grocery card, discount card is much more invasive to your privacy than what the NSA does. "
Tom Cotton
Privacy
Discount
More
" I can't comment on what every single presidential candidate is saying or doing. "
Tom Cotton
Every
Saying
Single
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Life
Good
Future
" 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
" Are we fighting too many wars? And I would say no. We're fighting one war. And it's a war against radical Islamic Jihad. "
Tom Cotton
Say
Radical
Fighting
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Today
Travel
West
" 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
" As a Republican Party, we're going to have to have a conversation about it. But I think, ultimately, a majority of Republicans, like a majority of Americans, don't want to let violent felons out of prison. "
Tom Cotton
Conversation
Think
Republican
" Law and order in our communities doesn't arise spontaneously. "
Tom Cotton
Communities
Our
Order
" There are nothing but hardliners in Iran. "
Tom Cotton
Nothing
Iran
" I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly. "
Tom Cotton
Senator
Take
Lightly
" Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran. "
Tom Cotton
Bad
Just
People
" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "
Tom Cotton
Flawed
Iran
Nuclear
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Divorce
Young
Women
" 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
" Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. "
Tom Cotton
Donald Trump
Like
America
" Islamic terrorists do not need an excuse to attack the United States. To attack us is what they do; they attack us for what we are. "
Tom Cotton
Need
Us
United States
" No man wants more war if he's planned memorial services for fallen comrades, carried their flag-draped caskets off a plane, and buried them at Arlington National Cemetery. "
Tom Cotton
War
Planned
Off
" It's important to remember that whatever the presidential candidates of either party say, they will have to interact with the United States Congress, particularly the Senate, when it comes to crafting policy... we play an important role. And I'm going to continue to play that role, whoever is president. "
Tom Cotton
Say
Important
Play
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
See
Want
Beginning
" The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible. "
Tom Cotton
Truth
Impossible
Crime
" Early on, when my wife and I were dating, we went to the grocery store, and I told her that sometimes I just buy birthday cakes, and I eat them. And she said: 'Really? I do, too.' "
Tom Cotton
Dating
Birthday
Wife