Jim Cooper Quotes

Jim Cooper — American Politician born on June 19, 1954,

James Hayes Shofner "Jim" Cooper is the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Blue Dog Coalition. He previously represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district from 1983 to 1995... (wikipedia)

Aging nations have arteries clogged with obsolete laws, slowing blood flow and preventing oxygen from reaching all parts of the body politic. Physicians call this arteriosclerosis; historians see decline of empire.

I think the job of leadership is to expand what can be talked about and to get consensus on the nature of the problem, and that is most of the job. Because once you do that, once you have diagnosis, treatment options are obvious.

Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.

Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era.

Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.

Jim Cooper Quotes

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