Quotes from Ryan Zinke

In American history, it's about hard work and self-reliance. It's not about collecting giveaways or being on unemployment forever. That the economy moves ahead for people who are going to work to realize the American dream, own a home, send your kids to college. I think it's the founding cornerstone of America.

To be a Navy SEAL, it's three and a half years training before you're ever put into harm's way the first time.

When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit.

I love my country, and the mental and physical demands of the Navy SEALs was what I had been training for my whole life growing up in Montana.

I believe in American exceptionalism. As a Navy SEAL, I fought so that I would never have to see my president bow to anyone.

The status quo is not working, and I believe that Donald Trump is going to be a phenomenal president.

The Democrats are besides themselves because they don't understand Trump. They don't understand: you don't get between the American people - because Americans are upset.

Under our rules of engagement, if I were ISIS, what I would do is collocate my headquarters next to a school or a hospital and ensure that there would be collateral damage. They know our rules of engagement as well as we do. They operate with impunity.

We have a duty to fight ISIS; air operations alone will not defeat ISIS.

As a president, we need a businessman who understands that business is not usual - someone who's not going to put up with business as usual in Washington, D.C. Having a businessman who's not going to put up with business as usual in Washington, D.C., is exactly what we need.

Whether you're a man or a woman, you should get the same degree of healthcare from our VA.

We have more women serving in the military than any time in our nation's history, and yet the VA has not done a pivot to look at women's healthcare issues.

If ISIS strikes, it's going to strike Americans - not Republicans or Democrats. This is not partisan politics.

I think the soft underbelly of Russia is - what's driving their ability to be aggressive is their energy. If you take the energy out of their economy, Russia is not so strong.

You cannot negotiate with organizations that are based on an ideology whose core is to destroy the West and America.

We use our land for hunting, fishing, hiking, and to create jobs. Our outdoor economy is a billion dollar economic engine for the state that creates jobs.

I strongly endorse Donald Trump because we need a president that will put our veterans in front of the line rather than watch them die while in line.

Our veterans have already given everything they have to support and defend our nation - some of them sacrificing life and limb.

I believe in the value of life. I have fought for that value. I am the only candidate to carry a right to life bill, protecting unborn victims and ensuring that all life should be protected.

We say to those few who seek to publicize anti-Semitic views that they shall find no safe haven here.

If you get the government off our back, there's no economy in the world that can create more jobs in the long-term for everybody.

When you're asked by the president to serve, it's awfully hard to say no, and I'm loyal.