Phil Bredesen

When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know it's got legs.

— Phil Bredesen

The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the…

— Phil Bredesen

The genius of America is that we are still a land of undiscovered shores, and we are at our best when we…

— Phil Bredesen

Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache…

— Phil Bredesen

We have in Tennessee a number of wonderful faith-based clinics to serve the uninsured. It is an important principle with them that…

— Phil Bredesen

It's not health care reform to dump more money into Medicaid.

— Phil Bredesen

Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.

— Phil Bredesen

We don't go to war on narrow, partisan votes.

— Phil Bredesen

I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.

— Phil Bredesen

Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground.

— Phil Bredesen

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth…

— Phil Bredesen

Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.

— Phil Bredesen

If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.

— Phil Bredesen

When I was sworn in as Mayor of Nashville back in 1991, I have to admit to you that I felt for…

— Phil Bredesen

Since the 1960s, there has been a tremendous expansion of the resources available to pay for health care.

— Phil Bredesen

When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know its got legs.

— Phil Bredesen

My education commitment is simple. I believe that every child is unique. Im going to work as hard as I know how,…

— Phil Bredesen

The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

— Phil Bredesen

Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and…

— Phil Bredesen