Top 82 Quotes & Sayings by Lee Zeldin
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Last updated on September 16, 2024.
To be a leader, regardless of what party you're in, is to tell your followers what lines not to cross.
Social media constitute the most powerful readily accessible communications weapon Hamas has in its arsenal.
You have a lot of people asking for town halls with the purpose of disrupting a town hall.
The founder of the BDS movement is blatantly anti-Semitic.
Contemporary anti-Semites claim they have nothing against Jews - they just hate the Jewish state.
There is more than just words to define a person.
When I made my first trip to Israel as a member of Congress, not only did I meet with the Israeli president and prime minister, but I also traveled to Ramallah to meet with the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. That's what being a member of Congress is about.
I call a spade a spade.
United States naturalization is a privilege not a right, and those who have had this privilege bestowed upon them must respect and uphold the laws of our land.
I know if that I'm not fighting for my home state, my home district, that other members who are out there fighting for their state, their district, they're not going to fight for New York for me.
Our relations - the United States and Canada, that trade relationship is vitally important. There's a long history.
I don't know if there's ever been a budget that anyone has been 100 percent happy with.
The people who are fleeing Syria, they're the ones who need to run the country there long-term.
You can't live in the Bronx and survive on just $80,000 or so of income, if you're married and you have three kids at home.
Every level of government has a role to play in combating the rise of MS-13 and other gangs, and we must crack down on the aspects of our nation's broken immigration system and other policies that have allowed MS-13 and other gangs to take hold in our communities and stay there.
Anti-Semitism has no business infiltrating American politics, it has no business infiltrating our college campuses, and it has no business in the halls of Congress.
A lot of the Democratic base believes that it's the right the to do to bring as many of these refugees in as possible for - there are many members of the Democratic Party who may think that tens of thousands are not enough, and we're not doing our part until we bring in even more.
I look at the idea of eliminating the state and local tax deduction as a geographic redistribution of wealth, because you're taking money from a place like New York to provide deeper tax cuts elsewhere.
Bashar al-Assad needs to be replaced, but he can't be replaced with another Bashar al-Assad.
I stand squarely with our law enforcement officers who don bullet-resistant vests as part of their standard equipment and leave their home each day not knowing if they will return.
There are broad freedoms in Israel. In fact, Israel's Declaration of Independence grants all Israel's inhabitants equality of social and political rights irrespective of religion, race or gender.
There are many aspects of the government that operate off a continuing resolution. It's difficult to do so for the military.
While it's important to be open-minded, we don't have to be naive. Although Iran claims they are developing nuclear capability only for peaceful purposes, it's most difficult to believe them when taking a step back to assess the big picture of Iran's threats and actions.
Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East. And it's a relationship we should be strengthening, not weakening.
I will never be able to endorse a nominee for president whose name is not known.
The beauty of our democracy is that the final authority is not the president of the United States, but instead the American public through their duly elected representatives in the United States Congress.
For generations, the Jewish and African-American communities have stood together, helping each other overcome their greatest challenges and triumph in the face of sweeping discrimination, all while securing a brighter future for all of our children.
Just as Congress stands firmly against racism and other forms of prejudice, we must take action that loudly and clearly proclaims our resolve to combat anti-Semitism at home and around the world.
President Obama is asking critics of the Iran nuclear deal what the alternative is other than war as if it's rhetorical question, but there is an answer: a better deal.
It's important that all around the globe that the United States is pursuing the most effective foreign policy possible.
I went through kindergarten through 12th grade, college, law school and four years of active duty in the U.S. Army and I never once experienced anti-Semitism - until I came to the U.S. House of Representatives.
It's unfathomable that Twitter would be so brazenly complacent, allowing Hamas to use its platform as a terror command and communications center of dangerous propaganda.
So, I represent the 1st Congressional District of New York. It's on the east end of Long Island. This is Suffolk County.
BDS attempts to use economic tools to boycott Israeli goods and services and punish individuals and entities supporting Israel. It attempts to use harassment and intimidation to turn Israel's supporters against the country.
Israel is a beacon of hope, freedom and liberty surrounded by existential threats.
There is no moral equivalency between people who associate themselves with these KKK and Nazism and those who are opposed to individuals who associate themselves with the KKK and Nazism.
Even though I don't agree with Donald Trump on everything, and I think there may be certain things or statements of his that I may disagree with, he is a better candidate by far than Hillary Clinton.
So there are 535 members of Congress. Many of us want what's best for the American worker and the American economy. Others want what is best in their goals to take down President Trump.
It's been an honor to wear our nation's uniform.
With regards to American foreign policy all across the globe, it is important for us to be operating from positions of strength, and not to just concede that.
I don't consider myself to be a Pete King Republican or a Ted Cruz Republican or a John Boehner Republican, or a Tea Party Republican.
We should make sure that we are never sending our troops into harm's way unless they're sent with a clear strategy to win, and learning lessons of the past to ensure that best path forward with what lies ahead.
I am my own man.
The Kurds have fought, bled and died fighting alongside the U.S.
Social media serve as the propaganda machine of 21st century terror, and this is apparent in the Middle East.
I've never backed him. I have never endorsed Roy Moore.
The BDS movement attempts to undermine and destabilize Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East.
So, all levels of government should be working on tax relief. That's important.
I have dedicated half my life to military service.
While bad cops should face the full consequence of the law, the overwhelming majority of good cops have earned our support.
The largest humanitarian victory we can deliver is by wiping ISIS off the face of the earth.
A more stable, stabilized Mideast, that's a humanitarian victory.
The BDS movement goes way beyond any legitimate, reasonable criticism of a government.
Under the guise of BDS, Jewish students on college campuses across the United States are being subjected to blatant anti-Semitism.
Literally, from the moment I wake up from the moment I go to sleep, I'm just working without distraction. It's just the way I'm wired.
The rule of law is a republic. The rule of one person is a monarchy.
Few professions are given as much power as we entrust to those who wear the uniform of a police officer. These individuals dedicate themselves to a calling in which threats that can materialize in an instant are part of the job description.
The Obama administration sought to appease the Iranians at any and all cost.
The dawn of the 21st century marked the emergence of the social media age.
I'm sure that I'd be able to find a lot to disagree on with Eliot Engel.
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