Quotes by John Kyl

“It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.”

“The tax on inheritances, or the death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.”

“We should end this tax [death] on virtue, work, savings, job creation and the American dream, and end it for good.”

“To believe that Iran has genuinely abandoned its longstanding ambition to become a nuclear power requires an almost willful ignorance of its history or an utterly breathtaking level of naivete on the part of those entrusted to monitor nuclear proliferation.”

“But it will take leadership by the Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Department, and other federal agencies, along with support from Congress, all of which have yet to materialize,”

“The Sept. 11 commission report stated that our biggest failure was one of imagination. No one imagined that terrorists would do what they did on Sept. 11. Today few Americans can conceive of the possibility that terrorists could bring our society to its knees by destroying everything we rely on that runs on electricity. But this time weve been warned, and wed better be prepared to respond.”

“It would be a tragic development if ideology became an increasingly important consideration in the future. To make ideology an issue in the confirmation process is to suggest that the legal process is and should be a political one.”

“The question is, do we dare risk failure in this war on terrorism? There isnt anything more threatening to American citizens than the terrorists, and its going to take what it takes, whatever that number is, ... Defeat is not an option here. Pulling out is not an option.”

“knowing whether or not the accused spy is really going to cooperate.”

“In other words, will he really tell everything that you want to know in exchange for, for example, not seeking the death penalty,”