Jim DeMint Quotes
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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'Material' is meant to be a fun, lighthearted song about the tiny bit of materialism that's in all of us. The message is meant to translate the notion that you don't need luxury items to feel special; you already are special.
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Garbage is the part of your history you don't want your family to know about.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.
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Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.
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Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.
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I don't think there's any real motivation for somebody to be a truck driver. Mine was simple; dad was a truck driver, I wanted to own one.
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It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for my songs and made them proliferate, and my songs have contributed a lot to that cause as well.
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The review process was conducted in an extremely bipartisan manner. Minority members of the Judiciary Committee were responsible for the invitation of 1/3 of the witnesses who appeared.
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A freedom or pleasure that rests on someone else's slavery or misery cannot finally satisfy the self because it is a limitation or narrowing of the self, an admission of impotence, an offense against generosity and justice. Our freedom depends on other people's freedom, for our fates are inextricably interwoven with others', especially with those we love.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
