93 Quotes by John Thune

The closest I've come to being on a reality TV show is C-SPAN's live coverage of the Senate floor.

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections.

President Obama likes to talk about winning the future. But someone needs to tell him: You can't win the prosperity of tomorrow if you're mortgaging it to pay for the big government programs of today.

I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.

There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman.

We are spending more as a percentage of our entire economy, almost 25 percent, than we have spent at any time since the end of World War II.

Absolutely. I think that this is - politics is a tough business. I describe it as a full contact sport. You have to be prepared to get in there and mix it up.

With this much clutter out there and this much money being spent on the airwaves, the candidates start losing control of the message,

This was not a good time to close a number of these installations,