Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. I will continue with the story that was published this morning in the Boston Globe. This is from a veteran who was writing of his own experiences. He says: Trump's executive order, which seeks to ``keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States,'' will only embolden those very same people, who already had a near-zero chance of gaining entry to our country to begin with. This order proves too many ISIS and al-Qaeda talking points true about what the United States really is, and will serve as an excellent recruiting tool for those organizations and others. This executive order isn't about national security. It's about fear-mongering for ends we can only guess at. This shouldn't be a partisan issue. As my friend Phil Klay, winner of the National Book Award and a Marine veteran, pointed out last year, Ronald Reagan's ``city on a hill'' speech outlined an America ``For all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness toward home.'' ``I get that people are scared,'' Klay continued. ``But it's only during frightening times when you get to find out if your country really deserves to call itself the `home of the brave.' '' Donald Trump's zero-sum worldview and flimsy understanding of the intricacies of modern war and terrorism threaten to undermine our republic.…”