Tom Tancredo Quotes

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Tom Tancredo

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 20, 1945

The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.

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You know, I'm a Republican, I'm a Conservative, I voted for George Bush.

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He can fight terrorists overseas, but he leaves our borders so they can come in here and do their thing.

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This issue, if not addressed, leaves any President, including George Bush, open to the criticism that they are essentially ignoring the destruction of the nation and I believe that with all my heart.

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In fact, the place where we have indicted more terrorists or potential terrorists, is our Northern border.

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Radical Islam has been the foe of Christendom for centuries.

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Now how many people in their heart of hearts in that community want to see the demise of this country? How many would cheer, not out loud maybe, but in their heart when things like 9/11 occur and I'll tell you; it's a majority among them.

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We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.

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We have to fight radical Islam wherever it exists. It's in Afghanistan, it's in Saudi Arabia, throughout the Middle-East in big numbers and it's in the United States.

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We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships.

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You can bring down governments, you can do a lot of things that are in your own interests even though liberals will get very antsy when you start talking about it.

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They view massive immigration as a massive infusion of potential voters for the Democratic Party, and therefore will do nothing, absolutely nothing to stop that flow of legal or illegal entrance into the country.

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Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

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The right to kill another person is not a right that I would agree with and support.

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Although I am proud of all supporters, especially those legislators who have had the guts to buck the party and support me, there are some supporters who risk more than their political careers. They risk the wrath of extremists and even their livelihood for publicly supporting me.

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The mainstream media and most of the political establishment are too quick to slander as 'nativist' the advocacy of barring of Islamist radicals from legal entry into the United States.

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Refugee policy is only one part of immigration law needing a drastic overhaul.

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There is something deeply disturbing about a popular culture that will not forgive the sins of the Confederacy seven generations past but celebrates the teachings and legacies of Che Guevara, Mao Zhe-Dong, and Jeremy Wright.

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Organized hatred needs a single target to serve political mobilization, so no distractions can be allowed.

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I do not have a 10-point plan or a formula for reversing our accelerating slide into tyranny. But any fool can see what doesn't work and what has no chance of success.

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