You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example. Fred Thompson More Quotes by Fred Thompson More Quotes From Fred Thompson You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you. Fred Thompson avoiding challenges wish Standing up here 10 in a row, you know, like a bunch of seals waiting for somebody to throw you the next fish, is not necessarily the best way to impart your information to the American people. I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time. Fred Thompson acting waiting people Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks. Fred Thompson common-sense sticks reason Is it really in our countrys best interest to signal to the enemy that they probably only have to wait us out a little longer because congressional determination to defeat them is crumbling? Doesnt such a resolution further diminish our chances for success at the very time our soldiers are preparing to go into battle? And finally, regardless of our politics is this the time to announce to the world that our president is 'on his own'? Fred Thompson determination soldier waiting Hopefully, we can build bridges, but we also have to draw lines. Fred Thompson draws lines bridges I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan. Fred Thompson small-numbers people thinking But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid. Fred Thompson taiwan aids chinese And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different. Fred Thompson giving believe years I'd just say the flies get bigger in the summertime. I guess the flies are buzzing. Fred Thompson summertime bigger So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly Fred Thompson choices want relationship Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them Fred Thompson chinese want relationship China is one of the world's greatest proliferators of weapons of mass destruction to these rogue nations Fred Thompson mass-destruction rogues weapons I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that. Fred Thompson justice way thinking John McCain was a prisoner of war. Fred Thompson prisoner-of-war prisoner war Being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president. Fred Thompson pow president We just ask the agency to make reasonable and honest decisions, and the public deserves no less. Fred Thompson agency honest decision For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children Fred Thompson house may children We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation. Fred Thompson political-differences real air Now, being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president. But it does reveal character. This is the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders. Fred Thompson leader character civilization Twelve million illegal immigrants later, we are now living in a nation that is beset by people who are suicidal maniacs and want to kill countless innocent men, women and children around the world. Fred Thompson suicidal men children
