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Danh ngôn của John Kennedy (Sứ mệnh: 8)

Too many people treat parenting like it's the 20th item on their to-do list.
Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They're being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.
Taxpayers have long memories, especially when it comes to how their hard-earned money is spent.
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government.
If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.
Perception often lags behind reality, and I can say from experience that the vast majority of public officials in Louisiana are much better than our reputation holds us to be.
The Iranians have shot down drones. They tried to destroy the Saudi oil fields. They tried to storm our embassy. So, when my Democratic friends say we need appeasement, well appeasement hasn't worked. And I think that we've learned, with respect to Iran, that weakness invites the wolves.
I try to speak plainly so that my constituents who don't follow the nuances of government like I do, because they're too busy earning a real living, can understand the issues before me. None of this stuff is brain surgery.
You know people talk about federal money as if it falls from heaven. You know we thank heaven for it, but it came out of people's pockets - and I've driven all over Washington, D.C., I cannot find the money tree.
The Democratic position seems to be everything is going to be free. Free education. Free health care. Free housing. Free love. Free kittens, I don't know.
Part of the problem is there are people in Washington, D.C. in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not. It undermines legal immigration.
I think the FBI is the premier law enforcement agency in all of human history.
Power does not change you, it unmasks you.
Ninety-nine percent of the men and women of the FBI... are just professionals. I don't want Americans, if an FBI agent knocks on their door, to have to be worried about well, is he a Democrat or a Republican? He's an FBI agent.
There is a group of people that I think in good faith honestly believe that further curtailing our Second Amendment rights will enhance public safety. But there's another group that just hates the Second Amendment.
I trust Russia and China and Iran and North Korea like I trust a Jussie Smollett police report.
I think, under President Obama, who was a really bright guy - I didn't agree with a lot of his politics - but we got to the point internationally where our friends didn't trust us. They were confused. And our enemies didn't quite respect us.
You're morally tainted if you don't treat both the accuser and the accused with fairness and with respect, and with due process.
Well, I have great respect for Senator Hirono.
I'm interested in two things. I'm interested in truth and I'm interested in fairness.
Here's what I believe, I think the FBI is the premier law enforcement agency in the history of the world but i think there was some bad apples over there.
There are some members of the House leadership whose only mission in life is to demonize the president.
I like policy. It's why I decided to enter government. The other thing I like about government - you have good days, you have bad days, but you never have a boring day, and that's important to me.
It's been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: 'I'm going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.' You've just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.
I believe that the primary role of the government is to protect people and not run their lives. You used to be able to believe that in the Democratic Party.
A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.
My mind doesn't work, my memories don't work like a computer file where I can just retrieve them and, boy, there it is. My mind is selective in terms of memories. When I try to think back to college or high school, there are gaps. I try to fill them in. But I can't tell you it's always the truth.
When you meet with someone and you try to assess whether they're telling you the truth or not, there's several things you can do. You judge demeanor and credibility. You look at corroboration.
With all due respect, I am against dumb.
The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.
I do not believe we will have a war with Iran.
I don't want to impugn the motives of my colleagues, but my attitude is, speaking just for me, you either believe in border security or you don't.
Everybody who makes any kind of policy needs to substitute teach. But you've got to be a real teacher. You can't just go to a couple of classes with the regular teacher there. It is an incredibly hard job.