Top 82 Quotes & Sayings by Lee Zeldin - Page 2

There is no perfect candidate.

Where I agree with the president, I'll state that I agree with the president. Where I disagree, I'll state that I disagree.

If I happen to be the only Jewish Republican, and I am as a result able to advocate for a stronger, more consistent foreign policy that helps keep my constituents safe and helps protect the freedoms and liberties of my nation, then I welcome that.

If Donald Trump is the candidate against Hillary Clinton, then I will be supporting Donald Trump.

I would say the reason that Tim Bishop electorally was able to get more votes, if you were just going to analyze registration and numbers, is that he had a quarter of the Republican vote, every election. No one is getting a quarter of the Republican vote from me.

I think we are elected with a responsibility to take tough votes, tackle tough challenges today. There's too much punting.

If the Obama administration wanted to implement the DACA program, it should have made the case to Congress and try to pass its proposal into law.

The Israeli prime minister, whoever that person is, should have an open invitation to come to America to speak to Congress and the American people.

I'm willing to work with anyone to move this country forward.

I fear Iran continuing to be able to pursue uranium enrichment and to maintain several thousand centrifuges.

That Hillary Clinton can be president of the United States and a Saudi prince can donate $10 or $15 million dollars, let's say, to the Clinton Foundation and then have access for meetings and policy with the U.S. government, that is something that is very important to me.

The thing is with these members, especially Omar and Tlaib, honestly, I feel like their hearts are filled with darkness. AOC's heart might be filled more with cotton candy and unicorns.

The system requires bipartisanship.

I'm well aware of the dynamics of turnout and measuring enthusiasm and identifying and turning out voters. That's something I'm cognizant of in running a successful campaign.

Some of my best memories of growing up on Long Island include spending all day fishing for fluke on Great South Bay.

Steve Bannon is a friend of Israel and he is a friend of Judaism.

The secretary of defense makes recommendations, sometimes will make strong recommendations to the president of the United States. But the president, whoever it is at that time, decides, makes the call on whether or not to take that recommendation.

Despite [] promises, I am concerned that there has been no discernible progress in the case. Equally concerning is the fact that Goran Radosavljevic, the commander of the facility where the Bytyqi's were murdered, remains a close advisor to the current government.... I call upon the Serbian government to also aspire to new heights in its own processing of war crimes from the 1990's and to finally ensure justice in the Bytyqi case.

I believe the connection is growing stronger. Just to think that 40-plus years ago, service members would return from combat to get spit on by so many civilians. Regardless of what we think about a conflict, we must always honor and be grateful for those men and women who serve.

Defeating ISIS. If we do not defeat them abroad, we will be facing more and more of a threat at home. This does not require an occupation or an enduring ground operation.

We need a president who will lead with a stronger, more consistent foreign policy. We also need our commander in chief to put more faith in military leadership who have all of the combat experience. It’s bad policy to try to micromanage too much operationally and tactically from a desk in the Oval Office.

We could tell Americans everything is okay and nothing is going to happen. The fact is, there is a very real threat.