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Jim Bunning passed away late Friday night in his hospital bed. He spent years on the baseball diamond and the senate floor. In the MLB, he was a pitcher famous for “no-hitters.” In 1984, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Baseball Hall of Fame. Bunning also served as a republican junior senator in Kentucky from 1998 to 2010.
Here are the words of wisdom that Jim Bunning has left behind. Some statements can be controversial, but a man’s opinion is still a man’s opinion…
Jim Bunning Quotes: Best Quotes & Most Famous Sayings
“Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn’t be a difficult decision.”
“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.”
“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.”
“No company fails in communist China, because they’re all partly owned by the government.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.”
“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.”
“The perception is that baseball’s players’ union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
