Phil Gramm Quotes

• I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

  Phil Gramm

  Thinking, Texas, Think Big

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• I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want.

  Phil Gramm

  Gun, Needs, Want

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• Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

  Phil Gramm

  Government, People, Growth

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• We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs.

  Phil Gramm

  Dog, Party, Hunting

  Mother Jones, August 1995.

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• Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

  Phil Gramm

  Political, Heaven, Want

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• We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

  Phil Gramm

  People, World, Poor

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• I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

  Phil Gramm

  Pork

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• Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.

  Phil Gramm

  Joy, Doe, Underwear

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• There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.

  Phil Gramm

  Successful, America, Form

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• I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.

  Phil Gramm

  Dream, Looks, Action

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• The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.

  Phil Gramm

  America, People, Ordinary

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• I did not come to Washington to be loved, and I have not been disappointed.

  Phil Gramm

  Government, Disappointed

  1995 In NPR broadcast, 24 Feb.

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• I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.

  Phil Gramm

  Finals, Defeat, Accepting

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• If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog.

  Phil Gramm

  Dog, Way, Groceries

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• Running for president must be like having babies. You have to forget what it was like the last time before you want to do it again.

  Phil Gramm

  Running, Baby, President

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• Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.

  Phil Gramm

  Home, Thinking, Oil

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• We have benefited greatly from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years.

  Phil Gramm

  Years, Lasts, Economy

  "McCain adviser talks of 'mental recession'" by Patrice Hill, www.washingtontimes.com. July 9, 2008.

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• Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally.

  Phil Gramm

  Law, America, People

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• Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day.

  Phil Gramm

  Thank God, Economy, Newspapers

  “Gramm: We need more leadership, less whining” by Dana Bash, www.cnn.com. July 10, 2008.

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• I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations with the White House. Despite all their threats they are going to have a prolonged defense. The reality is they are the driving force behind getting this over quickly.

  Phil Gramm

  Thinking, Reality, White

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• I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.

  Phil Gramm

  America, Important, Would Be

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• You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession.

  Phil Gramm

  Heard, Recessions

  "Gramm: We need more leadership, less whining" by Dana Bash, www.cnn.com. July 10, 2008.

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• Sophia Loren is not a citizen.

  Phil Gramm

  Citizens, Politics, Sexism

  1995 On being asked if he would choose a woman as a running mate. In Newsweek,13 Mar.

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• I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.

  Phil Gramm

  Usa, Political, Politics

  "The Futility of a Third Bush" by Brent Bozell, www.politico.com. August 10, 2015.

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• It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.

  Phil Gramm

  Hands, People, Pay

  "Real revolution of George W. Bush", www.cnn.com. August 5, 2003.

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