Fred Thompson Quotes

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• After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.

  Fred Thompson

  Witty, Years, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America.

  Fred Thompson

  Country, Freedom, Tired

  "ABC Reacts to Fred Thompson Entry With Boredom, Sarcasm". "Good Morning America", www.newsbusters.org. August 31, 2007.

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• Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must.

  Fred Thompson

  Bridges, Lines, Sometimes

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• Study: 60% of young Americans plan to buy firearms. The other 40% were confused, saying they thought they were free under Obamacare.

  Fred Thompson

  Confused, Obamacare, Study

  Twitter post from Jan 22, 2013

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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.

  Fred Thompson

  Lucky, October

  "Fictional character: Admiral Josh Painter". "The Hunt for Red October", www.imdb.com. 1990.

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• The University of North Carolina-Greensboro has ordered a Christian club to allow non-Christians as leaders. While we're at it, let's put high school dropouts in charge of the University.

  Fred Thompson

  Christian, School, Leader

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• A [person] who Never quits is never defeated.

  Fred Thompson

  Success, Never Quit, Quitting

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• Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan.

  Fred Thompson

  Son, Dump, Plans

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• A new survey shows that the American public is more conservative now than at any point since 1952. The bad news is that all the liberals that died since then are still voting.

  Fred Thompson

  Voting, News, Politics

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• A new report shows that medicare and Medicaid made more than $50 Billion in bad payments during fiscal year 2011. Under Obamacare, that'll become known as 'Tuesday.'

  Fred Thompson

  Medicare And Medicaid, Years, Obamacare

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• Global warming experts are saying that sea levels could rise 20 feet. Apparently their strategy for surviving this is to stand on top of a pile of government research grant money.

  Fred Thompson

  Feet, Government, Sea

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• You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

  Fred Thompson

  Promise, Example, Substitutes

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• A new report shows that, in Virginia, gun violence has fallen as the sale of firearms has soared to a new record. In other news, a recent study shows that most criminals don't like getting shot at.

  Fred Thompson

  Gun, Virginia, Criminals

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• Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

  Fred Thompson

  Presidential, Chinese, Campaigns

  "The 'Inside Politics' Interview: Sen. Fred Thompson". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.cnn.com. May 19, 1998.

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• So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world

  Fred Thompson

  Long, World, Spheres

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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.

  Fred Thompson

  Class, Government, People

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks.

  Fred Thompson

  Common Sense, Sticks, Reason

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• America needs a president who understands the nature of the world we live in.

  Fred Thompson

  America, President, Needs

  2008 Republican National Convention Address, Delivered 2 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• Nobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued

  Fred Thompson

  Business, Risk, Want

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• Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists.

  Fred Thompson

  Thinking, Kyoto, People

  "Fred Thompson on global warming" by Brian Romans, www.wired.com. October 18, 2007.

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• We, as a nation, cannot wait for the Pearl Harbor of the information age. We must increase our vigilance to tackle this problem before we are hit with a surprise attack.

  Fred Thompson

  Waiting, Age, Pearls

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• I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.

  Fred Thompson

  Waiting, Acting, Next

  "Mr. Sunshine State". Interview with Ryan Sager, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2007.

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• Hopefully, we can build bridges, but we also have to draw lines.

  Fred Thompson

  Bridges, Lines, Draws

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• We're hoping for the best, but we need to prepare for the worst.

  Fred Thompson

  Needs, Worst, Hoping For The Best

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• There's nothing hard about acting except the long hours.

  Fred Thompson

  Government, Long, Acting

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