Political Quotes

Ron DeSantis

The Public Record

Ron DeSantis is an American politician currently serving as the Governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since January 2019. DeSantis previously served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018. His tenure as governor has been marked by a focus on conservative policies, including education reform, environmental issues, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis has gained national attention for his stances on various issues, including his support for the Trump Presidential Library in Miami and his administration's initiatives on wildlife management.

Quotes by year · 201320261,410 total · peak 2025 (265)
2013: 42 quotes2014: 69 quotes2015: 112 quotes2016: 107 quotes2017: 81 quotes2018: 55 quotes2019: 4 quotes2020: 24 quotes2021: 162 quotes2022: 157 quotes2023: 189 quotes2024: 48 quotes2025: 265 quotes2026: 95 quotes
Feb 1, 2016

Absolutely not. The State Department has nothing to say about cases that we bring, whether in Palestinian territories related to these cases or not.

congress.gov
Feb 1, 2016

We need to make sure that those that have carried out these attacks... are really going to be prosecuted against in this country

congress.gov
Feb 1, 2016

We want to protect Americans regardless of who they are victimized by.

congress.gov
Feb 1, 2016

We're not going to forget that. We can't forget that. And we will get justice.

congress.gov
Feb 1, 2016

Obviously, when something like this happens, I mean, we want justice, but I think everyone would prefer that this stuff just does not happen to begin with.

congress.gov
Feb 1, 2016

We face, as Americans, a global jihad, and Israel is ground zero for that fight.

congress.gov
Feb 1, 2016

So let me ask you straight up, is that a consideration the Department of Justice?

congress.gov
Feb 1, 2016

I appreciate those words. But I think, as Mr. Roth said, when OVT was created, the idea was you're going to help the victims and then hopefully, facilitate within the DOJ that these prosecutions are happening, and they are not.

congress.gov
Jan 6, 2016

We want to get prompt responses. We don't want this to turn into the IRS or some of the other investigations that have just been stonewalled to death.

congress.gov
Jan 6, 2016

I mean, I think we would like to have an answer, you know, towards the third week of this month.

congress.gov
Jan 6, 2016

It is the American people because our constituents ask us about things.

congress.gov
Jan 6, 2016

We don't want a briefing; we want the file. So are you going to produce the file?

congress.gov
Dec 16, 2015

We just saw, recently, two refugees linked to the Paris attack were arrested in an Austrian refugee camp.

congress.gov
Dec 16, 2015

The fact is, that those 66,000, when we got the individual offenses, you did have people convicted of homicide that were released.

congress.gov
Dec 16, 2015

You said the biggest myth is that people coming could be terrorists.

congress.gov
Dec 9, 2015

We passed a bill this week. That does not--that bill may be a first step, but that does not solve all the problems, correct?

congress.gov
Dec 9, 2015

somebody in a place like Molenbeek, they can basically, even under this bill, they're still going to be able, if they have a passport, to come to the United States.

congress.gov
Dec 9, 2015

So you have confidence in it now, unlike Secretary Napolitano did not have confidence, you think now, standing here today, that the system is good and trustworthy?

congress.gov
Dec 9, 2015

We will be doing a hearing on the various visa programs, and I think that that will obviously be one that will be grist for the mill.

congress.gov
Dec 8, 2015

I think we can see now that these were essentially a list of unilateral concessions that really represent an unprecedented surrender to an anti-American regime that continues to oppress its own people.

congress.gov
Dec 8, 2015

There has been no extradition for terrorists like Joanne Chesimard, who remains on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.

congress.gov
Dec 1, 2015

I think our rules of engagement have been problematic for quite some time predating this administration, but this is just totally farcical.

congress.gov
Dec 1, 2015

I think we have had rules of engagement that have just been too restrictive from the very beginning.

congress.gov
Dec 1, 2015

When you have very restrictive rules of engagement, you rely on having all this wonderful intelligence.

congress.gov

Politicians like Ron DeSantis