Quotes by Lamar Alexander

About 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.
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It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.

Lamar Alexander

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.

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I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.

Lamar Alexander

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

Lamar Alexander

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.

Lamar Alexander

The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.

Lamar Alexander

We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up here, and we don't have to pay any attention it to at all. We do what we want to do.

Lamar Alexander

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.

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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.

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I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.

Lamar Alexander

We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry - well, they need to be cost competitive, too. If they have high-cost energy, those suppliers are going to move to Japan or Mexico instead of Michigan...

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When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for inspiration.

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President Bush and I had asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to school vouchers. We didn't get it, and we were disappointed. But we did not go out and form a corporation to pay for it. That would have been a problem.

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I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don't believe anything new you hear about anybody.

Lamar Alexander

We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.

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The main interest of most members of the Christian Coalition is the breakdown of the family. I think that's our biggest problem, and if the whole country was as concerned and active in issues of the family as members of the Christian Coalition are, w...

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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.

Lamar Alexander

I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.

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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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I think Americans are - particularly, independent voters are looking at Washington, and they see too many taxes, too much spending, too much debt, too many Washington takeovers, and they want to provide a check and a balance to what they see as a run...

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Author Bio

  • NameLamar Alexander
  • Descriptionsenior United States Senator from Tennessee
  • BornJuly 3, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Rector; Lobbyist