Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for the heroic is the mundane. The only preparation for that one profound decision which can… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem. — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
During a time of surplus, a time of peace before 2001, it was much easier to try and find middle ground. We were running surpluses. But during a time when we're careening into bankruptcy and failing miserably on our foreign policy it's just not the same old "find consensus, go along to get along, be pragmatic, come together" place that… — Dan Coats Copy Share
Every president inherits difficult problems. George W. Bush inherited eight years of a failed foreign policy and did nothing about the growing threat of Islamic terrorism, except a one-time lob of a cruise missile into the desert at a camp that had long been abandoned. George Bush inherited that, and 9-11 was the result of that. Every president inherits problems.… — Dan Coats Copy Share
Russia's assertiveness in global affairs is something I look upon with great concern, which we need to address with eyes wide open and a… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
As we've learned in 1941, national emergencies can create strange bedfellows. — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
Today, we face another major potential attack on our country. This attack is not a hijacked plane or bomb, although that remains a threat;… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
Russia has a long history of propaganda and trying to influence various nation's cultures and elections. It's happening. They seem to have stepped up… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside. — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
