Benjamin E. Sasse Professions : United States Senator Born : February 22, 1972 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Benjamin E. Sasse The real number of the US' obligations, unfunded obligations that we're passing on to our future generates is more like $70 trillion to $75 trillion. The vast majority of that is health entitlements - Medicare, Obamacare, Medicaid. There's also Social Security, interest on the debt. But fundamentally, health entitlements are the thing that will bankrupt our kids. We need to fix that for the long-term. Benjamin E. Sasse real passing-on kids Truth affirms freedom of speech. Putin is no friend of reli - freedom of speech. Putin is an enemy of freedom of religion. The U.S. celebrates freedom of religion. Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press. Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places or ideas that are in conflict. Benjamin E. Sasse political people ideas We're not at war with all Muslims, we're at war with a subset of Islam that believes in killing in the name of religion, as jihadis do. Benjamin E. Sasse names war believe There are two ways that you can go wrong in our long-term fight against jihadis. One would be to not acknowledge that terrorism and especially jihadi-motivated terrorism, comes from specific places in the world and is connected to specific ideologies. But another way to fall off a cliff and harm our long-term interests would be to imply that the U.S. is at war with Islam. Benjamin E. Sasse fighting war fall We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62. Benjamin E. Sasse retirement america commitment Similar Authors Dan Coats united-states-senator Angus King united-states-senator Amy Klobuchar united-states-senator Bob Menendez united-states-senator Bob Corker united-states-senator Bob Casey, Jr. united-states-senator All Authors