64 Quotes by Lamar Alexander

The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.

The main interest of most members of the Christian Coalition is the breakdown of the family. I think that's our biggest problem, and if the whole country was as concerned and active in issues of the family as members of the Christian Coalition are, we'd probably be better off as a country.

I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.

I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.

Americans are sick of the idea of the government taking over everything and trying to run it. We don’t know how to run a bank, a car company.

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.

If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don’t get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.

There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we’re going to engage in and what the parameters of that are.

I think higher education is over-regulated.