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
chances controlled created easy felt freshman game played
I felt we controlled the game and created more chances with the ball, ... The freshman played well which is not easy to do if you are not used to the collegiate pace.
cut forever nose ought run spite
I don't think that we ought to cut off our nose to spite our face. I don't even necessarily think that in the long run that we should forever keep them out of WTO,
asked detail exactly rather
I'd rather not detail exactly what we have asked for,
hands numbers long
Fewer and fewer people are paying larger and larger percentage of the tax burden, as you know, almost half the people pay no income taxes at all. We're going to have more people in the wagon than we got pulling the wagon before long and that's not going to work. Those jobless numbers, you know, go hand-in-hand with those tax numbers.
building-up people income
A lot of people out there working hard and finally building up to getting a pretty good income. Higher tax rates on them, you know, the income rates going up, the dividend rates are going up, the capital gains rates all going up before health care kicks in.
government class people
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.
lucky october
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
law skills degrees
There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.
running president
I’m not particularly interested in running for president,
country average years
The average 20-year-old serving us in Iraq knows more about their country's national security than the average 20-year political veteran serving in the Congress today.
gay thinking rights
I think that we ought to be a tolerant nation. I think we ought to be tolerant people. But we shouldn't set up special categories for anybody. And I'm for the rights of everybody, including gays, but not any special rights.
toxic-waste america cleaning
Superfund was passed with the good intention of cleaning up America's toxic waste sites
children suicidal men
Twelve million illegal immigrants later, we are now living in a nation that is beset by people who are suicidal maniacs and want to kill countless innocent men, women and children around the world,
country encouragement party
Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.