Bob Corker Quotes

I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position.

My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.

Not every problem is solvable, okay.

I want to see the economy rebound.

I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.

If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.

It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.

I started working when I was 13, picking up trash, bagging ice.

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

When Donald Trump's term is over, I think, the debasing of the American nation - the constant non-truth-telling, the name-calling - the debasement of our nation will be what he will be remembered most for. And that's regretful, and it affects young people. We have young people who for the fist time are watching a President stating absolute non-truths, non-stop, personalizing things in the way that he does. And it's very sad for our nation.

The relationship that we have with Russia is solely because of Putin. What he's done is an affront to the American people to try to have an effect on the election outcomes here. It had to be spoken to. I think we did it in a very appropriate manner. I'm proud of the legislation.

The President Donald Trump has great difficulty with the truth on many issues.

The president Donald Trump has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. He also recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of his nation.

I think in many ways president Trump views himself as someone who has the ability to overcome every obstacle and to do something that no other president has been able to do. And I think that's the way he views himself, as it relates to his legacy and how history will view him.

I do not see Russia as a friend of the United States in any form or fashion. Are there some things that we might be able to work together on? Sure. We certainly haven't seen evidence of their desire to fight terrorism with us. I mean, we see them kill civilians, and you know, help Syrian President Bashar Assad concentrate more fully his power.

Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another.

In business, you try to solve problems.

I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we're doing there on the ground is just not sustainable.

I find it very difficult to see a scenario where financial regulation doesn't pass the Senate.

The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country.