Jim DeMint Quotes
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The message is pretty clear: Americans are sick and tired of the doubletalk coming out of Washington, of us going home and saying we're conservative and then coming up here and voting for 10,000 earmarks. We can't fool America anymore; the media is too good. They're reporting what we're really doing.
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I don't even like playing a contentious role.
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I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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I'm not a kingmaker.
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I've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.
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If you remember you just have one constituent, and that's God himself, and if you try to please him I think you usually come with a lot steadier pace and a lot more peace in your life.
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We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world.
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Something happens to me when someone says, 'You can't.' I'm generally not very competitive; unless someone tells me I can't do something that should be done.
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As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.
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Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.
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We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.
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I'm getting optimistic. I think, as I talk to people around the country - they seem to get it. They want a return to those things that made America different and great.
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I play the guitar a little bit.
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I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.
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I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.
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I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
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You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!
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The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy.
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I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008.
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One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.
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I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It's a terrible thing to do.
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I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.