Political Quotes

Roger Marshall: “They do not come to us and say, ``There it is. Would you take care of it?'' They go take care of it themselves.…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2003
They do not come to us and say, ``There it is. Would you take care of it?'' They go take care of it themselves. Ultimately, they have to be responsible for the security of their country. We do not need to be doing that. We will be able to tell in the next 6 months or a year or something like that, I cannot put a time frame on it, whether or not we are actually going to be able to entice them to come forward, and by gosh, we ought not to shrink from that effort right now, not after what we have spent, not given the opportunity that we have got as a country to make an immeasurable improvement in our future security.
Said by
Roger Marshall
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the responsibility of countries for their own security.

Share

More from Roger Marshall

Sep 24, 2026

We need to coordinate with our local law enforcement.

rollcall.com
Sep 28, 2026

This ad is a complete lie and multiple organizations have called for the ad to be pulled from TV.

kansasreflector.com
Oct 12, 2026

We have absolutely no idea how this happened, but rest assured as soon as it became known to us, we immediately attempted to contact the business in order to apologize, and we have repaid the bill from 2020, double.

theguardian.com
Oct 9, 2026

I’ll continue to legally and sensibly address the per-country green card cap, which is certainly one of our nation’s great injustices.

huffpost.com

Other voices in this conversation