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Peter T. King

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[Wikipedia] Peter Thomas King is an American former politician and novelist who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented a South Shore Long Island district that includes parts of Nassau County and Suffolk County and was numbere

Quotes by Peter T. King

I have been to Guantanamo. It's a model prison. Is it ideal? No. But we live in a very un-ideal world.

Been

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I mean, I really don't want the federal government to be determining whether or not a person who feels certain ways about…

About

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And I think people who sort of glibly say, 'Well, you know, they're not going to handle security, UAE is a great…

Ally

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In the real world in which we live, it's a dangerous world. And you know the old saying is that we have…

Dangerous

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Being out in the street is not an expectation of privacy. Anyone can look at you, can see you, can watch what…

Anyone

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The department was set up primarily to protect us from another terrorist attack from Islamic terrorists, and yet they talk about everything…

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I think there has been a lack of full cooperation from too many people in the Muslim community.

Been

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Well, first, the situation in Afghanistan is much better than it was. But there is no comparison between Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq…

Afghanistan

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I'm saying this as a Republican: In the White House, the effort that goes in and wherever these decisions are made, as…

Any

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I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York,…

Ahead

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I think I'm one of the people who brought about peace in Ireland.

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Now, we don't get that many specific threats against sporting events, per se. But we know from listening to the chatter how…

Against

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The U.N. is capable of endless process and mindless psychobabble, but as far as getting the job done on the ground, I…

As far as

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The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we're going to use it.

Decide

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When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.

Civilians

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I felt that the IRA, in the context of Irish history, and Sinn Fein were a legitimate force that had to be…

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