Political Quotes

William Cohen

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Dec 2, 2024

The Korean people have said we like freedom. We like democracy. We don't want anyone to take that away from us.

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Dec 2, 2024

Well, it's pretty serious, Anderson. As you pointed out, just the threat of the North Koreans over the years, but especially in recent times when they're firing off more and more missiles and getting greater and greater range of those…

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Dec 2, 2024

Democracy in that sense, worked with the people, spoke out and said, no. You'll work with a system democracy, it can be messy but dictatorships are a menace.

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Dec 2, 2024

I think he acted impulsively and you're supposed to have a plan. If you had plan A to impose martial law, what's plan B? There's no plan B, and that's why it's -- President Biden was not called on it.

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Oct 21, 2024

He has indicated he'd like to be a dictator on day one. He's indicated publicly in the past he would like to have my generals. He's indicated throughout that his administration he puts a premium on loyalty, not to the Constitution, but to…

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Oct 7, 2023

Right now they've got to provide for the defense as best they can for the Israeli citizens who are now at risk and those who have been kidnapped and may be subject to torture and abuse.

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Oct 7, 2023

the center cannot hold if a nation is divided. That's as old as Abraham Lincoln. A nation cannot stand if it's divided.

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Oct 7, 2023

It's not easy and it's not quick. I think it's going to take quite a bit of time in order to do that. But the Israelis are going to have to go in at some point in time and dig out Hamas and take their leaders and remove them, and destroy…

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Oct 4, 2023

We're watching the slow, or I'd say even rapid dissolution of democracy under his hands. He is doing it day after day.

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Oct 4, 2023

He has given away secrets in the past, he will do so in the future. And this case, here, he is being given the benefit of the doubt. How much more evidence do we need of his misbehavior?

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