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Benjamin Eric Sasse ( /ˈsæs/ SASS; born February 22, 1972) is an American politician of the Republican Party serving as the junior United States Senator from Nebraska since 2015.

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

Freedom Of Speech, Friend, No Friends, Putin, Speech, Vladimir

D. C. is known as Hollywood for ugly people.

Hollywood, People, Ugly, Ugly People

I think the category of perpetual adolescence, it's a new thing, and it's a dangerous thing. Adolescence is a pretty glorious concept. It's about intentionally transitioning from childhood to adulthood. Being stuck in adolescence - that's a hell. Peter Pan is a dystopia, and we forget that.

Childhood, Dangerous, Forget, Stuck, Thinking, Transitioning

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

American, Debate, Differences, Too Much

The real number of the US' obligations, unfunded obligations that we're passing on to our future generates is more like $70 trillion to $75 trillion. 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.

Kids, Medicaid, Obamacare, Passing On, Real

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.

Five, People, Politician, Senate, Think, Thinking

Truth affirms freedom of speech. Putin is no friend of reli - freedom of speech. Putin is an enemy of freedom of religion. The U. S. celebrates freedom of religion. Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U. S. celebrates free press. 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 or ideas that are in conflict.

Dissent, Ideas, People, Political, Speech, Violence

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.

Believe, Muslims, Names, Subset, War

I don't understand what the president's [Donald Trump] position is on Russia. But I can tell you what my position is on Russia: Russia is a great danger to a lot of its neighbors, and [Vladimir] Putin has as one of his core objectives fracturing NATO, which is one of the greatest military alliances in the history of the world.

Military, President, Russia, Tell, Trump

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

Celebrate, Celebrates, Enemy, Press, Putin

People think if they voted for somebody, they should reflexively defend everything they do or say. And if you voted against somebody, you should just as reflexively oppose everything they do or say. It's not very helpful. What's more constructive for our kids is to go on a case-by-case basis, evaluating particular policies.

Kids, People, Reflexively, Say, Think, Thinking

We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62.

America, Commitment, Commitments, Life, Retirement, Tell

[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.

Enemy, Ideas, People, Political, Right, Vladimir

The president is the president. And every American, regardless of who you voted for, if you voted for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Donald Duck, I don't really care. We should all hope that the president does a good job, that he's surrounded by wise counselors, that he advances U. S. interests.

Care, Counselors, Duck, Ducks, Jobs, Wise

So [Vladimir] Putin is a mess. He's committed all sort of murderous thuggery, and I am opposed to the way Putin conducts himself in world affairs, and I hope that the president also wants to show moral leadership about this issue.

Committed, Issues, Moral Leadership, Opposed, President, Thuggery

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.

America, Governance, Job, Jobs, Live, Thinking

There is no equivalency between the United States of America, the greatest freedom loving nation in the history of the world, and the murderous thugs that are in [Vladimir] Putin's defense of his cronyism. There's no moral equivalency there.

America, Freedom, Moral, Thug, United States, World

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