James Lankford Quotes

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James Lankford

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 4, 1968

America is strongest when families take care of each other and walk with one another through need and loss.

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Marriage is a unique cultural relationship that has a long-standing tradition and societal meaning, which should not be redefined by the courts.

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We must go through every area of the federal budget to isolate waste and abandoned projects.

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My focus has always been: I can be an incredibly conservative, principled idea person, but that doesn't mean I have to shout at people.

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At times, conservatives become defined by their volume rather than by their ideas.

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The different Washington, D.C.-based groups and the different special interest groups, they all want to be able to pick who they want to be a senator. They don't speak for everyone, and they definitely don't speak for Oklahomans.

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It's ironic, isn't it, that one day you're one of the most conservative members, and then some individual gets mad at you, and they decide to throw millions of dollars against you because you didn't vote exactly the way they want every day.

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I just don't believe that being conservative means all you do is throw stones and poke people in the eye.

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I believe that being conservative means you try to get in to the middle of the fight and try to solve the problem.

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I believe that conservative solutions can help families of every race, every economic background, and every town in Oklahoma.

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I find it completely irrational to say someone who stands up for life for children is taking the life of adult. It's completely inconsistent with the values of the pro-life movement that are very passionate about protecting life, not taking life.

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There is a way for the IRS to be able to have a double check to make sure individuals don't file on your Social Security number early and try to get a tax return and make it chaotic for you to file your own taxes. That's not been done.

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We still have a major problem in debt with America that we have to find efficiencies in government to get us back to a balanced budget.

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I understand the significance of being one of 18 senators in Oklahoma history.

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What they have done, ISIS is very well outspoken about how much they hate our freedom, who we are as Americans.

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Al Qaeda likes to coordinate, have a central command to be able to send out emissaries around that they have highly trained and say, 'This is the moment we're going to do a large-scale attack.'

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ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It's important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization.

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We're facing serious issues. We can either complain about it or try to step in and solve it.

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One of the hardest areas is duplication; everyone knows there's lots of duplication in government. But when you ask someone, 'OK, name two programs that are duplicative,' typically there's a long pause.

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The only way to make government more efficient is to make it smaller and to make it more local.

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