65 Quotes by Jim Cooper

I would rather avoid disaster than take it out for dinner and a movie. - Chynna Lennox

When we don't save, we can't even lend money to our government. Today, more than 40% of our huge national debt is owned by foreign countries.

Ultimately, Congressional medicine is like veterinary medicine: It must be strong enough to work, and tasty enough to swallow.

We won the battle of the crowds. There's a lot of enthusiasm in the community. This particular school has not won a state title. So it's a pretty starved community.

Night riding on the trail is chicken times two. It's not for the faint of heart.

If this man was on the U.S. payroll until last week, what has changed in the last few days to make him subject of a raid of this type?

If taxpayers want better results from Congress, they must stop paying their elected officials for failure. After all, you get what you pay for.

There is a growing unease, but all the folks I talked to support our troops, want us to win in the Middle East and still trust our military leaders to do the right thing. I think there's some skepticism of our civilian leaders.

I think the job of leadership is to expand what can be talked about and to get consensus on the nature of the problem, and that is most of the job. Because once you do that, once you have diagnosis, treatment options are obvious.