Bennie Thompson Quotes

Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.
Bennie Thompson

Almost, Muslim, Majority

At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get.
Bennie Thompson

Home, Chance, Hunting

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.
Bennie Thompson

Confidence, America, Honest

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.
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Greatest, Lie, Apply

I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city.
Bennie Thompson

Politics, Read, Books

If you talk to the Whites in Mississippi they will tell you, 'You can go to any school you want to; we don't see race.' Biggest lie ever told.
Bennie Thompson

School, Lie, Talk

Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not.
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Equal, Private, Guaranteed

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.
Bennie Thompson

Women, Men, Battle

Today's terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background.
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Today, Share, Background

While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.
Bennie Thompson

Attention, While, Deserve

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
Bennie Thompson

Wisdom, Successful, Strong

Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company.
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Enough, Making, President

History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.
Bennie Thompson

Work, History, America

Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation's seniors. We're not asking for special treatment for rural America, just a fair deal.
Bennie Thompson

America, Special, Nation

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.
Bennie Thompson

Education, Rich, Rather

We must maximize our efforts to counter violent extremism, radicalization and recruitment in the United States and stop using xenophobia and ethnic stereotyping.
Bennie Thompson

Stop, United, Using

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: January 28, 1948

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