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American economist and politician, Birth: 8-7-1942 Phil Gramm Quotes
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Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.
Phil Gramm

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Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.
Phil Gramm

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I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big
Phil Gramm

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We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs.
Phil Gramm

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I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.
Phil Gramm

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Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.
Phil Gramm

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Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.
Phil Gramm

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We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.
Phil Gramm

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I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want.
Phil Gramm

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There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.
Phil Gramm

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I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.
Phil Gramm

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I did not come to Washington to be loved, and I have not been disappointed.
Phil Gramm

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I'd rather go to the dentist... but I'm going.
Phil Gramm

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Running for president must be like having babies. You have to forget what it was like the last time before you want to do it again.
Phil Gramm

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If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog.
Phil Gramm

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The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.
Phil Gramm

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Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally.
Phil Gramm

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Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day.
Phil Gramm

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I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.
Phil Gramm

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...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one time deal. We were to never do it again. The problem with doing it was we reward people who violated the law. We reward people who came into the country illegally.
Phil Gramm

21.
The reality is (Clinton's) so-called tax cut is basically giving money to people who largely don't pay taxes, so that it's really spending rather than a tax cut, ... This Week.
Phil Gramm

22.
Sophia Loren is not a citizen.
Phil Gramm

23.
All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans.
Phil Gramm

24.
We have benefited greatly from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years.
Phil Gramm

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I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations with the White House. Despite all their threats they are going to have a prolonged defense. The reality is they are the driving force behind getting this over quickly.
Phil Gramm

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I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.
Phil Gramm

27.
You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession.
Phil Gramm

28.
I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.
Phil Gramm

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It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.
Phil Gramm

30.
You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline
Phil Gramm