Don Nickles
Don Nickles
Donald Lee "Don" Nicklesis an American politician who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 until 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and a social conservative. After retiring from the Senate, he founded The Nickles Group, a lobbying firm...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 December 1948
CountryUnited States of America
Don Nickles quotes about
believe government roles
I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.
book people cooking
If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.
men thinking honest
I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.
responsibility government defense
But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.
size news taxes
[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news
leadership religious believe
And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and you're part of that leadership.
computer guy hands heads march ought sitting suspect until
To be sitting on their hands and say 'Well we didn't get into their computer until March of '99' and this guy was a suspect back in '95 is just unacceptable ... I think heads ought to roll.
increase minimum pass senator support tax wage wants
If the senator really wants to support an increase in the minimum wage, we should pass the minimum wage with tax relief.
few
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 been more concerned about over regulating, going too far.
capability chief commander mass military respond threats
We must give our commander in chief and our military the capability to respond to these threats in some way other than retaliatory mass destruction.
building defensive employ toward true
What he said then is just as true today: We have to employ our talents, our technology, and all our capabilities toward building a defensive system.
president tax wait
We can wait 14 months, get a new president and then do a tax cut.
area city defend designed entire good knocking patriot system wide
The Patriot system is good - I am not knocking it - but it was not designed to defend a wide area like an entire city from missiles.
basic common government position premise provide
If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible.