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Lamar Alexander
American
Politician
Born:
Jul 3
,
1940
Country
Education
Looking
People
Think
You
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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
War
President
Conservatives
Parameters
Support
How
Nation-Building
Iraq
Wonder
Going
While
Republicans
Engage
Who
Wars
Many
Growing
Number
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
World
Sometimes
Think
President
Ourselves
Remind
Real
The Real World
Real World
Republican
Need
When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for inspiration.
Lamar Alexander
Book
Election
Alexander
Inspiration
Look
Close
Get
Little
Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.
Lamar Alexander
Too
One-Size-Fits-All
Put
Jackets
American
Place
Many
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
Education
Wonderful
Job
College
Higher Education
Think
Too
Marketplace
Harvard
Job Growth
Run
Telling
Bosses
Higher
Students
Toward
Like
Institutions
How
Reduce
Nashville
Diesel
Which
Choose
Regulations
Oriented
Many
Washington
Keep
Among
Growth
Number
University
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
Win
Later
Presidential
Presidential Race
Sooner
Sooner Or Later
Does
Begin
Any
Candidate
Race
Need
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
Music
People
Political
Made
Think
State
Our
Way
Our Music
One-Way
Only
Only One Way
Could
Political Beliefs
Governor
Up
Different
Unify
Many
Beliefs
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
You
Job
President
Charge
More
More And More
Like
Looks
Becoming
Governor
Mayor
Which
Used
University
If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
Lamar Alexander
Money
Votes
Most
Forbes
Arrested
Get
Bush
Should
Wasting
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
Health
Better
Care
Country
Think
Case
Costs
Step
Toward
Health Care
Health Care Costs
Reducing
Go
Goal
Should
Care Costs
If you have a solution to immigration, it is possible to come home and defend it.
Lamar Alexander
Home
You
Immigration
Possible
Solution
Come
Defend
The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
Lamar Alexander
First
Composition
Primary
Governor
Than
Different
Elected
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
People
Leader
Looking
Think
President
Those
Executive
Terrific
Sticks
Got
Real
Perry
Governor
Governor Romney
Candidates
Romney
Elect
Views
Who
Chance
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
Education
Remember
Thought
Long
Before
President
President Bush
Focused
About
Something
He
Remember When
Talking
Because
Democrats
Doing
Came
George
Were
George W
George W. Bush
Left
Very
Child
Office
Behind
Being
Interested
Republicans
Bush
Suddenly
Why
Competent
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
Politics
Me
Vote
People
Trouble
Think
Would
Tennessee
Most
Because
Disconnected
Get
Accuse
Anybody
Who
Even
Serve
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
Love
People
Rest
Country
Stupid
Arrogant
Own
Think
Too
Our
Hundred
Hundred Years
Would
Empire
Over
Make
Call
Built
Years
Up
Decisions
Us
Who
Washington
Last
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
Life
Change
Try
Thinking
Other
Way
Ourselves
Promise
More
Primarily
Years
American
Move
Where
Moving
American Life
Less
Washington
Extend
Things
Need
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
Change
Think
Ought
Air
Evidence
Plenty
Look
Alternatives
Climate
Climate Change
Contributing
Stop
Much
Carbon
Need
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
Strong
Finished
Group
Conservatives
Jobs
Finish
Know
Got
Republicans
Who
Speech
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