Tom Cotton Quotes

My colleagues and I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli military and security officials to discuss our votes against the terrible Iran deal and to reaffirm our commitment to our longstanding alliance.

The Senate must approve any deal President Obama negotiates with Iran by a two-thirds majority vote.

No American ambassador has produced more Security Council Resolutions on the issue of Iran than John Bolton.

Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together.

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.

The advance guard in the campaign for peace that America wages today must be the State Department.

As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.

Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.

When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act; with peaceful diplomacy whenever possible, with force when necessary.

There are two things that are very expensive in international relations: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail

U. S. Foreign Policy is usually largely reactive.

Is a military solution the only way to stop nations from doing bad things?

I think what you can see is that we have worked very closely with China. China has really stood up in putting the pressure on North Korea.

Well, I mean, Russia was responsible for shooting down MH17. Russia was responsible for invading Ukraine. Russia is responsible for taking away the chemical weapons in Syria that they didn't take away. Russia was responsible for having honest athletes in the Olympics when they did the whole doping program.

I thought I was going to grow up and become a diplomat and negotiate nuclear arms.

A bad deal with Iran on nuclear weapons is worse than no deal at all.

There are very few things I've ever been a part of that I believe in more than the Iran deal, and everything I said I believe to be true, and I was trying to make a case about the facts.

Both Israel and America should acknowledge that scraps of information cannot serve as the basis for action against Iran, and they should find new criteria for such a decision.

I did put together the coalition to impose sanctions. I actually started the negotiations that led to the nuclear agreement, sending some much my closest aides to begin the conversations with the Iranians.

Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world.

Many Europeans are concerned that stronger sanctions are a slippery slope toward war unless the U.S. is at the table.

No one wants to friend or follow covert info about Pakistan's nuclear policy.

If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.