Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are here today to engage in an honest and open debate about the nuclear agreement that the administration has brokered with Iran. Let me at this point commend Chairman Corker for the way he and his committee have handled a very difficult process that has not been coordinated with the administration, where their consideration was for Congress to be cut out. I think Chairman Corker has done a wonderful job and inserted the Senate of the United States where it should be, as part of this agreement. I am here to tell you that this deal is not based on absolute value, absolute knowledge of Iran's activities or its intentions--including its nuclear ambitions--but it is naively and dangerously based on faith and hope. Our national security should not be based on faith and hope. Our Nation's security is too precious to be based on faith and hope alone--faith that we will detect any Iranian efforts to cheat and hope that the Iranians will not cheat. Secretary of State John Kerry told the American people in June that ``we know what they did,'' ``we have no doubt,'' and ``we have absolute knowledge of the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.'' Let me say that again: ``We have absolute knowledge of the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.'' As chairman of the Intelligence Committee, I can tell you we don't have absolute knowledge of anything.…”