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.

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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.

To power the country by building 186,000 fifty-story wind turbines - and running 19,000 miles of new transmission lines - just seems impractical and preposterous compared to the idea of building a hundred new nuclear facilities primarily on the sites we already have.

When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for inspiration.

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

I love Washington, D.C.; I love this country, but I think over the last hundred years we've built up would I call an arrogant empire: people who think the rest of us are too stupid to make our own decisions.

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