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40 quotes by Peter T. King

Peter Thomas King (born April 5, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party and represents the central Long Island district that includes parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties. King formerly served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, where he drew attention in early 2011 for holding hearings on the extent of radicalization of American Muslims. He also...
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The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they... →

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We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some... →

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Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can.

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And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from... →

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Again, we saw in Bosnia - we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don't have the type of deliberate and... →

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I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with their god or to receive spiritual inspiration is... →

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

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But 85 percent of the mosques have extremist leadership in this country. Most Muslims, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, are loyal Americans.

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The president's dream of a worldwide liberal utopia is going to undermine the security of the United States.

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There are too many people sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully and finding out how we can infiltrate them.

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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 recognized, and you wouldn't have... →

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

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If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.

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