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Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
American Politician
Born: Jul 3, 1940
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Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm
There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are. Lamar Alexander
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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
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When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for inspiration. Lamar Alexander
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Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes. Lamar Alexander
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I think there are too many bosses in Washington telling Nashville Diesel College and Harvard University how to run - how to run their campuses, and I'd like to reduce the number of Washington regulations on higher education and keep this marketplace of wonderful institutions among which students can choose; that's oriented toward job growth. Lamar Alexander
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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
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As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music. Lamar Alexander
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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
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money. Lamar Alexander
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I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs. Lamar Alexander
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If you have a solution to immigration, it is possible to come home and defend it. Lamar Alexander
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978. Lamar Alexander
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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
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I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it. Lamar Alexander
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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. Lamar Alexander
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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. Lamar Alexander
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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. Lamar Alexander
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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. Lamar Alexander
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We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech. Lamar Alexander
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