Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win. Lamar Alexander More Quotes by Lamar Alexander More Quotes From Lamar Alexander I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it. Lamar Alexander child education remember long I think higher education is over-regulated. Lamar Alexander think higher-education education I think Americans are - particularly, independent voters are looking at Washington, and they see too many taxes, too much spending, too much debt, too many Washington takeovers, and they want to provide a check and a balance to what they see as a runaway, overreaching Washington government. Lamar Alexander looking think balance government 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. Lamar Alexander looking only music way President Bush and I had asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to school vouchers. We didn't get it, and we were disappointed. But we did not go out and form a corporation to pay for it. That would have been a problem. Lamar Alexander go disappointed problem school