Fred Thompson Quotes & Sayings

30 most famous Fred Thompson quotes and sayings (politician). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must.”

“Hopefully, we can build bridges, but we also have to draw lines.”

“And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.”

“We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.”

“The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.”

“There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.”

“You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.”

“We're hoping for the best, but we need to prepare for the worst.”

“In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.”

“While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass.”