Don Nickles Quotes

• And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and you're part of that leadership.

  Don Nickles

  Leadership, Religious, Believe

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• [The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news

  Don Nickles

  News, Taxation, Size

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• But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.

  Don Nickles

  Responsibility, Government, Defense

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• I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.

  Don Nickles

  Men, Thinking, Honest

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• If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.

  Don Nickles

  Book, People, Cooking

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• I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

  Don Nickles

  Believe, Government, Roles

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• I still happen to think the United States is the greatest place in the world to invest.

  Don Nickles

  Thinking, United States, World

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• My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.

  Don Nickles

  Oklahoma, States, Senate

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• Well, WorldCom's growth exploded in the Clinton years, there's no question, there's no disputing that.

  Don Nickles

  Years, Growth, Clinton

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• I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.

  Don Nickles

  Jobs, People, News

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• Well, we want to make sure there's not securities fraud.

  Don Nickles

  Hype, Want, Fraud

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• When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability with nuclear, chemical, or biological warheads, then the MAD dogma makes even less sense.

  Don Nickles

  Country, Technology, Mad

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• My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.

  Don Nickles

  Book, Aggravation, Lasts

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• Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct.

  Don Nickles

  Members

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• I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.

  Don Nickles

  Thinking, Support, Reform

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• ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.

  Don Nickles

  Thinking, Organization, Leader

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• But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

  Don Nickles

  Looks, Buying, Bigger

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• I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector.

  Don Nickles

  Return, Private Sector

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• I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.

  Don Nickles

  Independent, Israel, Sovereign

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• It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to have more weaponry capable of delivering all types of weapons of mass destruction.

  Don Nickles

  Hate, Mass Destruction, America

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