Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompsonwas an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio host. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, as well as a GOP presidential candidate in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth19 August 1942
CitySheffield, AL
CountryUnited States of America
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This latest disclosure of mismanagement at the Department of Defense is outrageous. Unlike other instances where reports have shown that DoD simply loses major inventory items, this mistake actually threatens lives of American soldiers.
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For Gov. Davis, the answer is simple, ... A bunch of Texas cowboys got down in the corral and decided they were going to take advantage of helpless California, and we are seeing the results of it.
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They do a lot of excellent work, ... a lack of leadership at the Justice Department.
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People think that they can waltz up to Congress and say anything that comes to their minds, ... Until somebody is prosecuted for some of this activity, people are not going to take congressional investigations very seriously in the future.
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Our defense was terrible. They didn't miss many shots.
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Defense is an attitude. We're still working hard to improve.
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I don't think that we ought to cut off our nose to spite our face. I don't even necessarily think that in the long run that we should forever keep them out of WTO,
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I'd rather not detail exactly what we have asked for,
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I am very excited to have Tim join us. His character alone makes him a vital part of what we are building. He is determined, enthusiastic, driven and I believe he is already starting to bleed Orange and Brown. He gives everything he has and he isn't afraid of hard work. I'm looking forward to watching him grow into an indispensable part of this program.
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I am one of those who have thought for a long time that we needed to make some significant changes in our campaign finance reform system.
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Fewer and fewer people are paying larger and larger percentage of the tax burden, as you know, almost half the people pay no income taxes at all. We're going to have more people in the wagon than we got pulling the wagon before long and that's not going to work. Those jobless numbers, you know, go hand-in-hand with those tax numbers.
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A lot of people out there working hard and finally building up to getting a pretty good income. Higher tax rates on them, you know, the income rates going up, the dividend rates are going up, the capital gains rates all going up before health care kicks in.
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If we have more people on the receiving end of government - more people as the middle class becomes sucked in more and more to these entitlement programs, for example - then we're going to be in a place where it's going to be hard to go back. It's going to be hard to go back again. It's going to be hard to take away stuff. It's not impossible.
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This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.