Jim Bunning Quotes

• We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.

  Jim Bunning

• We must send the message that if you use illegal drugs, you will pay the ultimate price by not playing an entire season. And if you get caught again, you will be banished for life.

  Jim Bunning

• Today, Medicare provides health insurance to about 40 million seniors and disabled individuals each year. The number is only expected to grow as the baby boomers begin retiring.

  Jim Bunning

• The war against terror is every bit as important as our fight against fascism in World War II. Or our struggle against the spread of Communism during the Cold War.

  Jim Bunning

• The perception is that baseball’s players’ union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

  Jim Bunning

• The family farm is the foundation for who we are as a Commonwealth. And for over a century, the family farm in Kentucky has centered around one crop: tobacco.

  Jim Bunning

• The activists will not stop in trying to impose their extreme views on the rest of us, and they have now plotted out a state-by-state strategy to increase the number of judicial decisions redefining marriage without the voice of the people being heard.

  Jim Bunning

• No company fails in communist China, because they’re all partly owned by the government.

  Jim Bunning

• It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill.

  Jim Bunning

• From watching the news one would think the Iraqis want us out of their country. But an overwhelming majority of Iraqis support our involvement there. Our freedom is contagious and we helped liberate them.

  Jim Bunning

• Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn’t be a difficult decision.

  Jim Bunning

• But let there be no misunderstanding. The war against terror is every bit as important as our fight against fascism in World War II. Or our struggle against the spread of Communism during the Cold War.

  Jim Bunning

• A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman – bonded together for life – always have been, and always will be, the key to such families.

  Jim Bunning

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Birth:	23rd October, 1931
Death:	26th May, 2017
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Baseball Player, Politician

About

James Paul David Bunning was born in Southgate, Kentucky, USA. He was an American professional baseball pitcher and  politician. He pitched from 1955 to 1971 for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers. When Bunning retired, he had the second-highest total career strikeouts in Major League history; he currently ranks 17th. He was elected to the Kentucky State Senate from 1979-83. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 4th congressional district from 1987-1999. He was elected to the United States Senate from Kentucky (1999-2011). He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Xavier University in 1953.

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• 2005 - Kerry Packer
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• 2005 - Vincent Schiavelli
• 1945 - Bela Bartok