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Thom Tillis

(1960) Politician

107 quotes in 363 categories

If you just focus on producing good outcomes, the rest sorts itself out, he says. He aims to shrink the federal government to its core constitutional role so the private sector can thrive. He notes that extremes on the left and right rarely find bipartisan support, so he works on a job‑creating climate.

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Thom Tillis is a politician.

Quick Facts About Thom Tillis

Born: August 30, 1960
Profession: Politician

About Thom Tillis

Thom Tillis is an American businessman and politician who has been a United States senator from North Carolina since 2015. He previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015, becoming its speaker in 2011, and he is a Republican.

Quotes by Thom Tillis

Obamacare is a great idea that can't be paid for.

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What we need to do is be the party of results.

Equality

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Dot Helms and North Carolina are one and the same.

Carolina

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I'm an organizational guy.

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Anytime ISIS takes ground, it's a bad thing.

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Labels are irrelevant. It's the results.

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I'm for creating high-paying jobs.

Creating

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Greece has to stay in the euro.

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I want to go to Washington and clean up Kay Hagan's mess.

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If you just focus on producing good outcomes, all that other stuff sorts itself out.

Focus

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If Israel did not exist, the United Nations would go out of business.

Business

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What we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on assistance.

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In politics, as in physics, every reaction is met with an equal and opposite reaction.

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The heartaches of Obamacare don't have to be the norm.

Health

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I have immense respect for Loretta Lynch both personally and professionally.

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I was a partner at Pricewaterhouse before I got my four year degree.

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'Til such time that the U.S. produces a continuous supply of home-grown talent, I want U.S. visa programs that support people from…

Country

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In the Senate, I will work to shrink the size of our federal government to its core Constitutional role so the private…

Federal government

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I think the best way to fight your detractors is to produce positive results and not think about them, but think about…

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Fulfilling your promises is the easiest way to get elected, and breaking your promises is the easiest way to get fired.

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The NRA is a true grass-roots organization, and the collective power of its membership is simply unparalleled.

Amendment

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The Senate could use more people who had to sweat for a living and fewer of the politicians who made this mess.

Life

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When I was speaker in North Carolina, the state was gripped with a deficit, and we made a fundamental policy decision to…

Austerity

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Democrats creating the expectation that judges should act as politicians in robes is a dangerous precedent to set, threatening the very independence…

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I've never listed my education degree as why people should vote for me. I think the average person is thinking more about…

Average person

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Law enforcement officers are entrusted with a tremendous responsibility; that is why we hold them to such a high standard. With that…

Law

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I think that you find out what your boss wants you to do, and you do more. To me, that's work ethic.…

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People bring up Willie Horton or some other political bombshell in the past, but what they're not being intellectually honest about is…

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Democrats misinterpreted the mandate for change in 2008 as an ideological mandate to move the country sharply to the left. They rammed…

Change

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I believe that what we should do first and foremost is seal the border. The Republicans and Democrats have both failed on…

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The main opposition to Judge Gorsuch's confirmation comes from a handful of Democratic Senators who are using the playbook of far-left special…

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We need to get back and make the agencies who are putting more burdens on businesses and employers and hardworking taxpayers and…

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You're always going to have your detractors.

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I've actually got a Motley Crue channel on Pandora.

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You can't put a gun in the hands of someone who represents a danger to themselves or society.

Danger

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I've always had the kinds of careers that have a tendency to go home with you.

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I think you should consider anything that frees up the market, that creates more jobs.

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I graduated from University of Maryland, 1996 - or '97, actually.

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Violent felons and people with mental health problems need to be rehabilitated.

Felons

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Anybody who doesn't support the Republican nominee... is a RINO.

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