Kelly Ayotte Quotes

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

The best way to marginalize the Muslim Brotherhood [in Egypt] is in the ballot box, not through arrests and killing people.

In the midst of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Putin invaded the Republic of Georgia. Let's call it for what it is. Here is Vladimir Putin with a failing Soviet franchise. And when he can't win the hearts and minds of his neighboring nations, he uses energy extortion, masked gunmen and barbed wire.

There is scientific evidence that demonstrates there is some impact from human activities. However I don't think the evidence is conclusive.

If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.

If Vladimir Putin is conscious and aware of his standing in the world economy, he has to understand this aggression in Crimea is not helping the reputation of Russia as a modern nation where you can do business. He's back to the old Soviet ways and a lot of folks are going to hold back and pull back as a result of it. I think he may have second thoughts.

Governor Romney is suffering from political amnesia.

When we have an effort made at sanctions involving many other nations it has a potential of greater impact on Russia and discouraging Putin.

We need to send a message to Vladimir Putin through stronger sanctions. We need him to understand that the sanctions that we put in place can have a significant impact on his economy that we need to deter further action from him. And understand who he is, former KGB colonel, he's a bully, and bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose but we need to do that economically. That is our strongest move at this point.

We need to deter Putin from further actions because this is a very real threat.

If we were to impose greater sanctions on economic sectors, I think we could have a significant impact on Putin.

You can see the actions that the Russians are trying to take in eastern Ukraine. And so it's so important that we take actions to deter further Russian aggression against the Ukrainian people.

In Maidan Square right now, you see thousands of Ukrainians protesting the Russian occupation of Crimea. So this is a Russian protest by Ukrainians who want their sovereignty. They want their freedom and they're protesting what Russia did in Crimea.

I was the first Republican in the country to support the president's Clean Power Plan.

I do believe that [climate change] is real.