Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
Andrew Lamar Alexander, Jr.is an American politician and the senior United States senator from Tennessee having served since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Alexander previously served as the conference chair of the Republican Party in the US Senate from 2007 to 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 July 1940
CityMaryville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
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I think people are looking for a president who has views and who sticks to those views. So, I think Governor Romney, Governor Perry, Governor Huntsman are all terrific candidates. I think we got a chance to elect a real, executive leader.
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Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.
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Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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Americans wouldn't do that [cashing out the same day]. Then they would be in the great old thing we used to call the marketplace. You know, we have hundreds of millions of stock shares floating every day. People buy them and sell them and trade them.
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I love Washington, D.C.; I love this country, but I think over the last hundred years we've built up would I call an arrogant empire: people who think the rest of us are too stupid to make our own decisions.
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Primarily, we need to change 100 years of thinking, where we try to extend the promise of American life by moving things to Washington, and let's move it the other way: less of Washington, more from ourselves.
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Every day before school, I would bang away on Czerny, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart-and throw in a little Jerry Lee Lewis when I thought no one was around to correct me.
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There's no reason to do this when you're going to diminish what's in the parks.
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will they do well enough here on Saturday that they can go back to financial supporters and say, it's a worthwhile investment.
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Give him credit for winning the pre-season. His strategy is to make sure that the contest never gets to the people. My strategy is to make sure it does.
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I'd like to schedule my media attention on the day after the Iowa caucuses. He should enjoy the attention while it lasts.
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What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.
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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.