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.
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.
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.
against believe government jeopardy missile number priority puts system type weapon
If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being defenseless against an intercontinental ballistic missile or any other type of weapon system that puts us in jeopardy is not acceptable.
billion billions certainly costs department government maybe regulation
It's probably the most expensive, intrusive regulation ever promulgated certainly by the Department of Labor, maybe by government entirely. It's costs are in the billion and billions of dollars.
hate mass-destruction america
It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to have more weaponry capable of delivering all types of weapons of mass destruction.
independent israel sovereign
I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.
return private-sector
I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector,
buying looks grew
But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.
thinking organization leader
ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.
thinking support bills
I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.
members
Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct.
book aggravation lasts
My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.
country technology mad
When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability with nuclear, chemical, or biological warheads, then the MAD dogma makes even less sense.