Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Ryan Zinke - Page 2

When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit.

I'm proud of Congress as a body. At the end of the day, we're the people's house, and we should be very mindful that we represent the people.

In order to prosecute war, you have to take some risk.

If ISIS strikes, it's going to strike Americans - not Republicans or Democrats. This is not partisan politics.

Americans don't want to see our military become Republican or Democrat. Americans appreciate that our military belongs to all of us.

You cannot negotiate with organizations that are based on an ideology whose core is to destroy the West and America.

Obama and his Democrat allies in Congress have proven they will use bait-and-switch tactics to move more unvetted refugees into our communities. This will inevitably put our nation and our citizens at risk for future terrorist attacks.

We often fight wars with our young.

I've served in 25 nations. I've seen where people don't trust their government. We're there. In the military, the last option is to send in the SEALs.

Congress has the constitutional responsibility to control the power of the 'purse'.

May God bless Montana, God bless America, and God bless the troops who defend her.

Having too many layers of approval in a dynamic battlefield environment delays our ability to fight and win, especially when troops are engaged in combat.

Under our rules of engagement, if I were ISIS, what I would do is collocate my headquarters next to a school or a hospital and ensure that there would be collateral damage. They know our rules of engagement as well as we do. They operate with impunity.

I look forward to making the Department of Interior and America great again.

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to anyone who serves honourably. I think it's despicable that a president would put veterans on his website and list them on an enemies list.

I love my country, and the mental and physical demands of the Navy SEALs was what I had been training for my whole life growing up in Montana.

I would be in support of giving the military commanders more latitude in their rules of engagement rather than be restricted to the point we're tying someone's hands behind their back.

What works in Washington, D.C. or New York City oftentimes doesn't work out in Billings, Montana, or elsewhere in the country.

Technology certainly is going faster. Dynamics on the battlefield are faster. And so, I think you do need, you know, a warrior that is adept in technology, you know, certainly skilled.

To be a Navy SEAL, it's three and a half years training before you're ever put into harm's way the first time.

We say to those few who seek to publicize anti-Semitic views that they shall find no safe haven here.

Too many of Montana's own have fallen in the line of duty fighting radical Islamic terrorists, like 31-year-old husband and father of four, Blackfeet warrior Army Corporal Tony 'Many Hides' of Great Falls.

I have seen America's sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers fight valiantly for our freedom and pay the ultimate sacrifice to defend us.

If you put our guys in harm's way, you better support them with the right equipment, the right rules of engagement, the right Medevac, the right quick-reaction force.

Our veterans have already given everything they have to support and defend our nation - some of them sacrificing life and limb.

Radical Islamic terrorists and those who fund it remain a credible threat to America and a clear and present danger to democracy.

The quality of our Airmen in Montana coupled with the proven mission excellence of the 120th Airlift Wing, and historical need for assets to fight the devastating forest fires we continue to see in Montana and the Northwest United States, should have mandated the relocation of these assets to Montana.

Putin drops bombs. We drop leaflets.

I've been to war, and I know the consequences and sacrifice it takes. If we must fight, we fight to win.

The ability to reach a catastrophic forest fire quickly can not only save millions in fire suppression costs, it can save structures and, most importantly, lives.

Our military sons and daughters that are placed in harm's way deserve the right equipment, the right training, and the right rules of engagement to win decisively on any field of battle.

I believe in American exceptionalism. As a Navy SEAL, I fought so that I would never have to see my president bow to anyone.

Our moral compass - it's always been Judeo-Christian.

We have a duty to fight ISIS; air operations alone will not defeat ISIS.

Special ops isn't the answer to everything. Special ops is not the main guard.

There's a reason Montana produces more SEALs than any other state. As a collegiate athlete, I enjoyed the mental and physical challenges Division I football presented.

For those who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, it is a call of duty to take back America from a Commander-in-Chief that is incapable of understanding the sacrifices that have been made for the values that have made America great.

Remember, it is the president's constitutional duty to provide a strong national defense. Don't insert politics into national security. Listen to your ground commanders. They know better than anyone what our military's needs are. Have somebody strong at home who can provide you with needed support 'off the battle field.'

I think we need to do two things - or three things. One is we need to put a stop on refugees until we can vet.

I love my country, and the mental and physical demands of the Navy SEALs was what I had been training for my whole life growing up in Montana. There's a reason Montana produces more SEALs than any other state. As a collegiate athlete, I enjoyed the mental and physical challenges Division I football presented. When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit.