Mac Thornberry Quotations

No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.

Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.

We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.

Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive.

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.

And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous.

We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.

For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.

In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.

We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.

Mr. Speaker, I agree with those who say that the Global War on Terrorism is actually a Global War of Ideas and that terrorism is one of the tactics used in that War.

The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.

In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better.

I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.

Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy.

When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.

It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations.

China's incredible rate of economic growth and its corresponding increase in energy consumption has made the world supply tight.

We do not come out on the floor, in press conferences or in other places, and try to bash the administration or to protect the administration.

Even talking about change can be threatening to entrenched interests...Careers in the Pentagon, the board room, or the halls of Congress are not advanced by creating the disruptions that go with real change, so there are very few voices willing to speak up for the future and move beyond rhetoric to make serious choices,

I am particularly disturbed that our country is the largest financial supporter of an organization that not only wastes a lot of our money but also seems to be increasingly anti-American in its policies and conduct.