Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by James Lankford - Page 2

We have a very structured process for taking in refugees. It takes almost two years to transition from another country into the United States through the refugee process.

Every schoolteacher will tell you that there is no substitute for engaged parents in the education of a child.

We're facing serious issues. We can either complain about it or try to step in and solve it.

I'm one of those folks that look and say the Old Testament laid out clearly the path for Christ to come, but when He came, every scholar at that time missed it.

There is only one person in the State Department that can sign off on State Department personnel being in a facility that doesn't meet security standards, and it's the secretary of state.

I see myself as more of a student, that I love to get down into the weeds of different problems and try to go through that. I don't mind messaging, but I'm going to default back to the research side of things.

As a Christian, Israel has a very special place in my heart. There's no question about that. I grew up with a Bible, and the back of the Bible has all these pictures of Israel in it. And so all these locations are incredibly significant to me personally in my faith.

One of the hardest areas is duplication; everyone knows there's lots of duplication in government. But when you ask someone, 'OK, name two programs that are duplicative,' typically there's a long pause.

Spanish Explorers celebrated Christmas in 1539 in the area we now know as the State of Florida.

I am proud to join the many state legislators, governors, businessmen and hard-working Americans who have worked to build support and momentum for the idea of the Health Care Compact, and I am proud to introduce the common-sense bill for this sensible solution.

If we care about life and the dignity of all life, then we care about the dignity of all life, and that includes the human life of children.

You talk about leading Republicans. That's no easy task on just like you were trying to lead Democrats on the other side. We all have independent thoughts and independent ideas.

I don't want to go home and tell my wife and my girls, 'I was gone last week because I had to do a press release.'

It's very difficult for the family members of ICE agents, and it's very difficult for ICE agents to know what's right and what's wrong and why should I get engaged and go out there and enforce the law when I don't know what it means any more to have consequences.

President Obama and I disagree on policy with Israel. He seems to say... 'We want peace, but we want to act like Switzerland. We're going to be a neutral party to everyone.' I think that's negotiating from weakness.

I'm in favor of dealing with Iran and dealing with the nuclear issue, but I'm not in favor of a bad deal.

No matter where I travel in the state, people want to talk about education.

What I love to do is the policy. The politics, I'm brand-new at.

We have a lot of great hospitals in America, across the country.

The number of fighters that are ISIS fighters wouldn't fill up most American football stadiums. This is not a large group of individuals, but they're tenacious, and they rule with absolute terror.

The Health Care Compact is a way for states to protect their residents from the top-down, one-size-fits-all health care 'solutions' that have been imposed from Washington D.C., including Obamacare.

When a president makes up law as he goes, no one knows what the law is anymore.

Centralized national decision-making on education reduces the role of the parent and the local districts.

Hillary Clinton has her own issues with just her own arrogance as a leader; that has been well known for a long time.

This is why it's bad to run a country by executive order: because our nation runs on laws - when everyone knows the law, and everyone knows what it is, you know both the law and the consequence, and you get that.

The vast majority of Americans believe you don't discriminate. You don't. We honor each other. We don't all see life the same way. We don't. We're Americans.

Quite frankly, Oklahomans are pretty smart. They know how to choose candidates.

I firmly believe the Senate should see more voting and debate and less standing around and waiting for backroom deals.

I don't see people who are eager for shutdowns. While some people have a romantic ideal about shutdowns, the vast majority of Republicans and Democrats believe you have to try to work problems out rather than having a shutdown.

ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It's important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization.

The only way to make government more efficient is to make it smaller and to make it more local.

Government on its own is always inefficient.

I still strongly support a full repeal of Obamacare.

The Constitution provides that all Americans enjoy the right to live a life in accordance with their convictions of faith.

The goal of federal regulations should be to promote health and safety, but regulatory enforcement must be balanced with common-sense policies and assistance for businesses.

The FBI has a very clear policy. They don't expose victims.

Many Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and we need to celebrate marriage as the best way to provide stability for children. For people who live by the clear teaching of many different faith traditions and people who simply believe in the sanctity of marriage, it is essential that their views are respected.

You don't have Republicans and Democrats behind closed doors. We have people passionate about national security behind closed doors. And I think that's the way that it should be.

Michael Flynn is the national security adviser working next to the president, so in his time that he was the national security adviser, he is working in the White House. He should have access to the information.