Quotessence
Home / Authors / Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn

Tom Coburn Quotes

United States Senator

Filter quotes by topic

AllPoliticalTermPoliticsTerm LimitsCountryPeopleCongressGovernmentBelieveIssuesAmericaCourtMembersIfsOur CountryThinkingCareFactsKnowsPartisanship

Famous Tom Coburn Quotes

“A super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be, When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weakness, its potential, my heart aches for less divisiveness, less polarization, less finger-pointing, less bitterness, less mindless partisanship.”

HeartCountryBodyGreatnessMy HeartWeaknessCourtFingersOur CountryBitternessAchePointingPonderingLegislatorsMindlessPartisanshipPolarizationPointing FingersHeart AcheDivisivenessMy Heart Aches
Author:Tom Coburn
Create image

“Few things infuse a member of Congress with more courage than self-imposed term limits or an imminent retirement. The issues they choose to focus on in their final months say a great deal about what are really the most important issues in the country.”

ImportantSelfCountryPoliticalPoliticsTermDealsIssuesFocusMonthsLimitsMembersFinalsCongressRetirementImportant IssuesTerm Limits
Book:Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders
Create image

“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.”

PeopleIfsYearsBelieveCountryCareNextI BelieveTermReligiousHonestOughtHonorDebateOur CountryBudgetsHeritageElderlyDisabledUnbornReligious FreedomCrunch
Author:Tom Coburn
Create image