Political Quotes

“I want to join my colleagues here on the Senate floor and talk about the importance of national security right here in the Congress of the United States. It is certainly one of our top priorities--protecting our Nation. You know, President Ronald Reagan, who very much focused on the issue of peace through strength--and I am going to talk about that here in a minute--he once said: We know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. It is then that the tyrants are tempted. ``It is then that the tyrants are tempted.'' Tyrants like this guy--that is Xi Jinping sporting some cammies there with his military--tyrants like this guy and the tyrants around the world, they are tempted. They are tempted. They are on the march. Look at this poster. That is Xi Jinping again in his military uniform. He kind of looks ridiculous, from my perspective, but, hey, they are on the march. Putin, the terrorists in Iran, Kim Jong Un in North Korea, Venezuela, for goodness' sake--all the tyrants are working together, and they are on the march because the forces of freedom, as President Reagan said, have become weak. You have heard it from my colleagues from North Carolina and Mississippi. We are on Armed Services together. By the way, they are both doing a great job. Let me make sure everyone can see that. Thank you. Yet this body has not taken up what we need to take up. Just a couple of examples.…”