120 Quotes by Chris Murphy

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    A domain exits where concepts can’t go; so leave them on the doorstep to enter.

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    I actually don’t believe that the Administration wants war, but I also think they are all tactics and no strategy. Plan seems to be escalation with no endgame, and no understanding of how Iranian psychology actually works.

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    Most elected officials don't want you to know about the world of political fundraising because they fear that it paints an unflattering portrait of public life.

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    We simply believe that we should lean into the world with something other than the pointed edge of a sword.

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    From the outside, Qatar and U.A.E. likely look like twins - small, oil-rich Sunni monarchies that are largely friendly to the U.S. But their philosophies on the region are very different - Qatar does not fear Islamism as does the U.A.E.

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    American foreign policy needs to be driven by what will get results and what is legal, not by what satisfies our primal instincts of revenge.

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    American values don't begin and end with destroyers and aircraft carriers.

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    The American people didn't send us to Congress to post our sympathies on social media. You can do that without going through the trouble of getting elected to Congress. This job is about setting rules that better protect us and our children.

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    Sympathy is important, but it rings hollow if not followed by action.

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