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The NSA is not listening to anyone's phone calls. They're not reading any Americans' e-mails. They're collecting simply the data that your phone company already has, and which you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy, so they can search that data quickly in the event of a terrorist plot.

From Tom Cotton

At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life.

From Tom Cotton

Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings.

From Tom Cotton

Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through a process of self-selection, since politics is a dirty business that discourages all but the most ambitious.

From Tom Cotton

I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for.

From Tom Cotton

I've said all along: I'll support the nominee, because we can't afford another term of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy or, for that matter, economic policy at home.

From Tom Cotton

I think it's important that the Republican Party remain the home of conservatives and that the best way to advance conservative principles is to elect Republicans up and down the ballot.

From Tom Cotton

Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran.

From Tom Cotton

I think that Americans - and this is not true just now, but over the years - are not fundamentally opposed to war. They're fundamentally opposed to losing wars.

From Tom Cotton

The Iranian people, if you look at their demographics and their level of education, could be a strong source for stability in the Middle East. The problem is they're run by an apocalyptic cult of ayatollahs.

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