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“America’s recent decline isn’t an accident. It’s decline by design. For more than a century, liberal Democrats have plotted to sabotage American power. These Democrats believe a strong and confident America brings war, arrogance, and oppression—not safety, freedom, and prosperity. They want America to pull in its horns and apologize for its sins. I don’t assert these liberals are necessarily un-American or hate our country—though plenty are and do—but they genuinely believe American power is dangerous for both America and the world.”
― Tom Cotton, Only the Strong: Reversing the Left's Plot to Sabotage American Power

“The party has increased military spending for the PLA by more than 1,000 percent, building a military more sophisticated than Soviet Russia’s ever was and comparable in size to Nazi Germany’s before World War II. The party’s four-million-man military is the largest in the world, around twice the size of our military and nearly as technologically advanced.”
― Tom Cotton, Seven Things You Can't Say About China: An Unflinching Look at the Hidden Dangers of China's Global Influence

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― Tom Cotton, Only the Strong: Reversing the Left's Plot to Sabotage American Power

“China uses greed and fear to influence our elite, harnessing its economic power to send a simple message: Stay quiet about our crimes and we’ll make you rich. Speak out and we’ll destroy you.”
― Tom Cotton, Seven Things You Can't Say About China: An Unflinching Look at the Hidden Dangers of China's Global Influence

“In return for vast wealth, these elites bend the knee to Communist China and often act as de facto accomplices in Beijing’s crimes. And it cuts across all segments of American society.”
― Tom Cotton, Seven Things You Can't Say About China: An Unflinching Look at the Hidden Dangers of China's Global Influence