John Kyl Quotations

But it will take leadership by the Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Department, and other federal agencies, along with support from Congress, all of which have yet to materialize,

He enforced Missouri's Brady bill, its gun registration bill, even though he wasn't crazy about the law. And with respect to abortion, he rendered opinions as attorney general that were contrary to his personal beliefs but which upheld Missouri law and were in accord with, in fact, the pro-choice position at that time, because it was the law,

He'll tell his story and until he does it would be wise for people to withhold their judgment. People should hold their fire and wait until the facts come in, then we can discuss this in a rational, nonpartisan way rather than in a way that gives comfort to our enemies.

knowing whether or not the accused spy is really going to cooperate.

It doesn't appear to me, even if we write it the way they want to write it, they're going to become strong advocates,

I think this was a very good first step.

We recognize to proceed would ... result in a vote that would not be successful.

There has to be a plan in place along with adequate resources to be able to evacuate people, or at least provide relief supplies before panic sets in. None of this appears to have been done in Louisiana.

To believe that Iran has genuinely abandoned its longstanding ambition to become a nuclear power requires an almost willful ignorance of its history or an utterly breathtaking level of naivete on the part of those entrusted to monitor nuclear proliferation.

FIDNET won't monitor any private network or e-mail traffic or confer new authority on any government agency, and will be fully consistent with privacy law and practice -- right?

Few if any people would die right away. But the loss of power would have a cascading effect on all aspects of U.S. society. Communication would be largely impossible. Lack of refrigeration would leave food rotting in warehouses, exacerbated by a lack of transportation as those vehicles still working simply ran out of gas (which is pumped with electricity). The inability to sanitize and distribute water would quickly threaten public health, not to mention the safety of anyone in the path of the inevitable fires, which would rage unchecked. And as we have seen in areas of natural and other disasters, such circumstances often result in a fairly rapid breakdown of social order.

It would be a tragic development if ideology became an increasingly important consideration in the future. To make ideology an issue in the confirmation process is to suggest that the legal process is and should be a political one.

The Sept. 11 commission report stated that our biggest failure was one of 'imagination.' No one imagined that terrorists would do what they did on Sept. 11. Today few Americans can conceive of the possibility that terrorists could bring our society to its knees by destroying everything we rely on that runs on electricity. But this time we've been warned, and we'd better be prepared to respond.

The single most important aspect of this bill is that it does not reward those who have broken the law, and does not constitute amnesty.

The tax on inheritances, or the 'death tax' is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.

It's hard to argue that this process shouldn't include our own salaries.

It takes death out of the equation. It removes that horrible Hobson's choice that a family must make at the worst possible time.

It takes death out of the equation, ... It removes that horrible Hobson's choice that a family must make at the worst possible time.

They basically said that in the case of a tie, the defendant always had to win, ... It bothers me now that Al Gore is trying to use this politically and in a fraudulent way because he's never been helpful.

The message should be: this is what we need to do right now, but continued aggression and hostility on the part of China will clearly provoke more responses by the United States and the sale of the Aegis cruiser is certainly not out of the question in the future.

The events of September 11th have devastated the travel industry more than any other segment of the economy, and the situation will worsen until Americans resume travel, ... As one of the country's largest employers, the travel and tourism industry's health closely connects to the state of the overall national economy.

a great American hero in the truest sense. He had already given up so much, including an incredible football career and loving family, to fight for his country in the war on terrorism. His patriotism and courage are an inspiration and we are grateful for his ultimate sacrifice.