Tom Cotton Quotes

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Tom Cotton

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 13, 1977

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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At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life.

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

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I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for.

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I've said all along: I'll support the nominee, because we can't afford another term of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy or, for that matter, economic policy at home.

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I think it's important that the Republican Party remain the home of conservatives and that the best way to advance conservative principles is to elect Republicans up and down the ballot.

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I think that the public debate that we had on the Iran deal was very important. That's probably one of the most consequential things most of us will ever vote on ; a nuclear arms control agreement with a mortal enemy. And the White House - despite all their efforts - failed miserably.

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Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran.

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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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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.

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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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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.'

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We only have one president and one secretary of state, but our founding fathers very clearly insisted that Congress play a significant role in foreign policy.

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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 nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed.

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We need to force Iran to dismantle its nuclear program entirely or face the threat of military force to destroy that program.

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I'm not going to respond to every single thing that Donald Trump has to say or that Hillary Clinton says.

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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.

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The Senate must approve any deal President Obama negotiates with Iran by a two-thirds majority vote.

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I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly.

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