Phil Gramm Quotes

"The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people."
- Phil Gramm
(Related: Genius, People, American, Freedom, Old, Results)

"Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford."
- Phil Gramm
(Related: Home, National security, Nothing, Oil)

"It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to."
- Phil Gramm
(Related: Work, People, Living, Taxes)

"I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis."
- Phil Gramm
(Related: Beginning)

"I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money."
- Phil Gramm
(Related: Money, Politics, Friend, American)

"Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are."
- Phil Gramm
(Related: Government, People, Growth)

"I'd rather go to the dentist... but I'm going."
- Phil Gramm