Don Nickles

Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct.

— Don Nickles

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.

— Don Nickles

I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector,

— Don Nickles

My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.

— Don Nickles

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no…

— Don Nickles

But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among…

— Don Nickles

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were…

— Don Nickles

I still happen to think the United States is the greatest place in the world to invest.

— Don Nickles

And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they…

— Don Nickles

I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.

— Don Nickles

[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news

— Don Nickles

I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding…

— Don Nickles

It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to…

— Don Nickles

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

— Don Nickles

ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.

— Don Nickles

I'm always a little cautious, there's a few amendments that are out there that I think could do some damage, so I've…

— Don Nickles

If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.

— Don Nickles

I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.

— Don Nickles

Well, WorldCom's growth exploded in the Clinton years, there's no question, there's no disputing that.

— Don Nickles

When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability…

— Don Nickles

I want to compliment The Heritage Foundation for its work on behalf of a strong national defense.

— Don Nickles

If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being…

— Don Nickles

My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.

— Don Nickles

Well, we want to make sure there's not securities fraud.

— Don Nickles