Jim DeMint Quotes
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I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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I don't even like playing a contentious role.
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I'm not a kingmaker.
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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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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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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.
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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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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'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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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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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 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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If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
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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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What we need is some people to stand up with the courage of their convictions, to do what they promised when they ran for election, and fight to stop Obamacare.
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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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You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!
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Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.
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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.
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I play the guitar a little bit.
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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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First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.