The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power. Tom Coburn More Quotes by Tom Coburn More Quotes From Tom Coburn I firmly believe that the court should take another direction on many of these moral issues that face us. Tom Coburn issuesfacesbelieve If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms of truly protecting life, protecting not just the unborn but who comes next, the infirm, the elderly, the maimed, the disabled - that's who comes next as we get into the budget crunch of taking care of those people in the years - I believe we ought to have that debate honest and openly. Tom Coburn religiousbelievecountry I'm very disturbed at the picture that was painted by Senator Ted Kennedy that Samuel Alito is not a man of his word, that he is dishonest. The implication that he is not reliable I don't think is a fair characterization of what I've read. Tom Coburn ted-kennedymenthinking My relationship with Barack Obama isn't based on my political philosophy or his. Tom Coburn political-philosophypoliticalphilosophy Marco Rubio knows that the answers to American’s lack of confidence in Washington can only be fixed through an Article V, he also knows that Washington will not fix itself. Tom Coburn politics Our founders anticipated the federal government might get out of control, and they gave us a constitutional mechanism to rein it in. Tom Coburn politics Our parks are falling apart. There's $12 billion backlog on our most pristine, greatest national monuments and parks, we should preserve what we've already invested in. Tom Coburn politics The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country so that we have a reasoned and thoughtful approach and that the American public buys into it. Tom Coburn bigthoughtfulpurposecountry The Pentagon can't even audit its own books. It doesn't even know where its money is going. And we refuse to have the tough forces go on the Pentagon so that at least they are efficient with the money they're spending. Tom Coburn goknowtoughmoney We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means. Tom Coburn stand-uplivestandleadership I used to have a great fear of constitutional conventions. I have a great fear now of not having one. Tom Coburn greatnowusedfear
