Joe Lieberman

Well, yes. I was a soldier. I wore a uniform, but I wasn't in a cult.

America's supposed to be about the right, liberty--the right to life and freedom of individuals.

Part of this was--you correct me, Wes--that the residents gave up their arms.

I’d be proud and very secure in having these 2,400 come here, and I think they'd be great Americans.

We're the United States of America. Remember the words on the Statue of Liberty about the masses yearning to be free.

The Iranian regime remains among the world's most consistent threats to global peace and stability.

It seems to me that we ought to not only--it was right and just that we took them off the foreign terrorist organization list, but the truth is, now, that we ought to be supportive of them and others in opposition to the government in Iran…

The ideal would be a mass departure from the camp.

I recall, early in this administration, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and his warning to our Government that then- Prime Minister Maliki was, quote, 'not our friend,' but, rather, an Iranian sympathizer under Tehran's influence.

What does the plight of these 2,400 Iranian dissidents, who are opponents of the dictatorial regime in Tehran; what does it say to us about larger policy questions for the United States in the region?

We ought to put aside the nuclear agreement that has been reached

Clearly, this commitment has not been sustained.

I think it would show leadership, it would show some responsibility in this.

We ought to compartmentalize that agreement also--that nuclear agreement. We ought to put it over there and not let it stop us from confronting what they're doing in Syria, continuing the sanctions for human rights violations in Iran and…

What does a promise from the United States of America mean, particularly if it comes under local political pressure and the promise is reneged?

This is not just a matter of our ideals, but also our interests.

We ought to be supporting them. This regime in Tehran is hopeless.

Whatever one thinks about the organization to which the residents of Camp Liberty belong, there is a basic standard of human dignity that must be upheld.

I think it's a bad agreement, but--and we'll see whether it actually is adhered to--but, whatever one thinks of the agreement, the Islamic Republic of Iran has sort of put it in a box, and they haven't changed anything else about their…

If we make our commitments, we must follow through.

This Iranian Government, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has the blood of a lot of Americans on its hands.

The Secretary of State designated Iran a state sponsor of terrorism January 23, 1984, over 30 years ago.

This regime, the Iranian Government, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has the blood of a lot of Americans on its hands, the Marines at the barracks in Beirut, the soldiers of Khobar Tower, and I would go on. Incidentally, hundreds of American…

The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is still up and running and serving the thousands of children that it does.

Congress does have a role to play here in the months ahead, which is to come back and the administration too, really, to strengthen sanctions based on human rights, support of terrorism.