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Fred Dalton Thompson (born Freddie Dalton Thompson; 19 August 1942–1 November 2015) was an American lawyer, lobbyist, character actor and former Republican Senator representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

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We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster

We can't forget the fact that although at a particular point in time we never found any WMD down there, he clearly had had WMD. He clearly had had the beginnings of a nuclear program.

My daddy always said that a man who walks around with a smile on his face all the time can't possibly know what's going on.

Teaching the Pig to Dance (2010)

I often say after eight years in Washington, I longed for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.

The average 20-year-old serving us in Iraq knows more about their country's national security than the average 20-year political veteran serving in the Congress today.

Some of our folks went to Washington to drain the swamp and made partnership with the alligators instead.

I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.

They say that God protects drunks and children. I would add young morons to that list.

Teaching the Pig to Dance (2010)

This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America.

Where I stand doesn't depend on where I'm standing.

Teaching Latin to someone like me in high school was somewhat like trying to teach a pig to dance. It's a waste of the teacher's time and it irritates the pig.

Teaching the Pig to Dance (2010)

Minor surgery is surgery that someone else is having

Teaching the Pig to Dance (2010)

I heard Senator Sam Irvin of Watergate fame say something that stayed with me: 'If you can paint a really good picture of a cow, you don't have to write the word "cow" under it.'

Teaching the Pig to Dance (2010)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Fred Thompson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.