When I was in Congress, Saul, I said this, I said, you know, people were saying, well, you know, we, we might have to go to war to stop them from having nuclear weapons. And I said, whatever we spend, Whatever the cost is in military terms or economic terms of preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, it will pale in insignificance compared to the cost of dealing with a nuclear-armed Iran. And I don't know how to make it any more clear or simple than that. Do you know that you sound just like Jefferson? Well, that's very kind of you. (37:12–37:31)
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Asserts that the costs of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons are far less than the costs of dealing with a nuclear-armed Iran.
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