Quotes from Tom Malinowski

If members of Congress were to vote to allow a military action, they might then share the blame if the mission were to go wrong. So they demand in the abstract that presidents ask their approval for going to war but in practice prefer to let presidents bear the burden alone.

Just as some Republicans despise John McCain for calling out Donald Trump, some Democrats could never accept him unless he became one of us. And he wasn't: he voted with the NRA; supported the Iraq War; elevated Sarah Palin.

I'd much rather face the voters defending what's right and true than to have to explain selling my country and my soul to Donald Trump.

No child should be afraid to go to school, and Americans from all walks of life: students, parents, law enforcement, veterans, and law abiding gun owners, are demanding that we act to keep our kids safe.

No alliance in history has done more to prevent war, and no alliance is more rooted in the values America champions, than NATO.

Since the first archer fired the first arrow, warriors have been inventing ways to strike their enemies while removing themselves from harm's way.

U.S. security is enhanced when we cooperate with China on challenges from North Korea to Iran to South Sudan. Our trade relationship strengthens our economy and supports American jobs.

Leading with its values gave the United States a sense of purpose in the Cold War.

We learn to laugh from the cultures that suffered most - from the Russians, Poles, and Irish - not from Sweden or France (the French go for Jerry Lewis - enough said).

A computer can process information and engage a weapon infinitely faster than a human soldier.

A state that calculates that using a weapon or tactic of war is in its interest will generally find a way to do so.

It is deterrence that has prevented the use of nuclear weapons by all states that possess them since 1945.

No disarmament regime is foolproof, and it was always understood that Assad likely hid some elements of his chemical weapons production capacity from inspectors.

Nations have succeeded before in banning classes of weapons - chemical, biological and cluster munitions; landmines; blinding lasers.

Our infrastructure in America, once the envy of the world, is losing its battle against time, growth, weather, and wear.

With no guillotine, 'A Tale of Two Cities' would have been a travel guide.

In principle, there is nothing wrong with the United States negotiating directly with the Taliban.

As an Asst. Secretary of State, I often urged authoritarian governments around the world not to use emergency powers to defy their legislatures, courts, and laws.

We need to lower the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs instead of making it easier for insurance companies to charge more for less inclusive coverage.

Over the years, increasing partisanship has led many members of Congress reflexively to speak in favor of any military action launched by presidents of their own party while withholding support to presidents of the opposing party.

We don't stop Russia or any other country from trying to influence public debate in the United States on any issue.

We believe in rule of law not rule by decree.

Corruption empowers and enriches dictators.

To me, greatness does not mean mortgaging the future of our middle class by giving tax cuts to our wealthiest citizens.