Benjamin E. Sasse Quotes

I don’t think we do a great job in America any more of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. We live in an environment that’s all campaign all of the time and it’s helpful, now that we’ve moved beyond a campaign and an election to get into a governance posture.

We should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics.

We’re not at war with all Muslims, we’re at war with a subset of Islam that believes in killing in the name of religion, as jihadis do.

The U.S. affirms freedom of speech.[Vladimir] Putin is no friend of freedom of speech.

The vast majority of that is health entitlements – Medicare, Obamacare, Medicaid. There’s also Social Security, interest on the debt. But fundamentally, health entitlements are the thing that will bankrupt our kids. We need to fix that for the long-term.

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.

What happens in Senate fight club stays in Senate fight club.

What’s more constructive for our kids is to go on a case-by-case basis, evaluating particular policies.

I think I’m one of five people in the Senate who’s never been a politician before. And now that I am a politician, what I find weird about it is that I respect myself less.

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press.