'John Thune' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Thune, John Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Senate Session

  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself

Famous quotes by John Thune:

"Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution."

"You're trying to pull together a lot of different people, a lot of different factions ... but I'm hopeful that when it's all said and done that they'll have a constitution that ultimately will be ratified by their government,"

"Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs."

"We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is just entering the workforce."

"We need to stop the quibbling, the partisan games, and political brinkmanship to find a solution that saves and strengthens Social Security for the future."

"Social Security is an extremely complicated program."

"There is no indication that there was any certainty about when this will happen. And to me it sounds like a bunch of bureaucratic mumbo jumbo about the process that they have in that country [Japan}."

"I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it."

"We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation."

"The issue is the future of Social Security. The program as we know it today will not last. It is headed for bankruptcy."

"We are spending more as a percentage of our entire economy, almost 25 percent, than we have spent at any time since the end of World War II."

"Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections."

"There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman."

"I have a Christian worldview and so it shapes the way that I view issues. I don't apologize for that, and I don't think people of faith ought to shrink away from being in the public arena."

"But what shouldn't happen is, you shouldn't have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not."

"I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way - at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges."

"I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate."

"Absolutely. I think that this is - politics is a tough business. I describe it as a full contact sport. You have to be prepared to get in there and mix it up."

"I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue that's going to require I think some strong bipartisan cooperation and leadership."

"I don't happen to subscribe to the notion that everybody who criticizes Tom Daschle is criticizing Tim Johnson. I think that's a bit of a stretch."