Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompsonwas an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio host. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, as well as a GOP presidential candidate in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth19 August 1942
CitySheffield, AL
CountryUnited States of America
Fred Thompson quotes about
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Every member of the Senate ought to have to step up to the plate and announce where they stand on each of these articles ... That's what I intend to press for,
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I'm more concerned that if he goes, he's going to ... make agreements to transfer additional technology. It's been reported that he's thinking in those terms,
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At risk are systems that control power distribution and utilities, phones, air traffic, stock exchanges, the Federal Reserve, and taxpayers' credit and medical records.
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There is nothing in there that I can say is going to be earth-shattering or reveals something that people don't already know. But I think the bits and pieces of my life during that period are well represented.
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We have tried to work with the White House, ... We have tried to do it in private. We've tried to do it attorney to attorney in a responsible manner. We have objected on several occasions that they were trying to manipulate the press and us by waiting until testimony had happened before relevant documents had been produced. Supposedly, then, the story would become old news ... and the same thing with regard to depositions. We're not going to tolerate that.
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We missed him, but I don't think the outcome would have been any different.
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We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do.
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We have to realize that, when it comes to legislation or congressional imposition of mandates or regulation and the imposition of fines, that we do not constitutionally have the power to do that.
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which in the past have not been given due deference.
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Tyler will bring a much needed physical element to our team. He's as excited to win the ball back as he is to score a goal. Tyler is a dedicated versatile player whose work ethic and attitude would make any team better.
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We have been a little bit too far removed, and now we realize that a place on the other side of the world that most people never heard of can pose a real threat to us,
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When it comes to personal courage and integrity and the courage to do what he thinks is right, regardless of whether or not it's particularly popular at the moment, John McCain has shown characteristics of leadership like no one else I've ever seen,
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You have a lot of troubling questions ... You have some significant policy matters being determined in the midst of some very questionable activity involving a foreign government -- involving the very government that he is planning on visiting. So I don't think it's bad to stop and reassess that at this point,
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To have 27 pages ripped out that were under a congressional subpoena, and then not taking vigorous steps to find out what happened, is outrageous,