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Jim DeMint Quotes

First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.

– Jim DeMint

I don’t even like playing a contentious role.

– Jim DeMint

Republicans are the only one who can carry the banner of what I think millions of Americans are saying.

– Jim DeMint

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.

– Jim DeMint

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

– Jim DeMint

If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.

– Jim DeMint

So, the point I’m making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it’s the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

– Jim DeMint

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.

– Jim DeMint

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

– Jim DeMint

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

– Jim DeMint

You’ve got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.

– Jim DeMint

Well, one of the most important things for Americans to be reminded of is that a lot of the exceptional nature of our country is founded in Judeo-Christian values that promotes individualism, personal responsibility, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to family, charity.

– Jim DeMint

I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.

– Jim DeMint

The hope and change the Democrats had in mind was nothing more than a retread of the failed and discredited socialist policies that have been the enemy of freedom for centuries all over the world. I fear America is teetering towards tyranny.

– Jim DeMint

We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.

– Jim DeMint

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they’re interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they’re not one group of people. They’re thousands of small groups all over the country.

– Jim DeMint

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.

– Jim DeMint

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.

– Jim DeMint

I’d like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

– Jim DeMint

It doesn’t make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

– Jim DeMint

The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.

– Jim DeMint

Well, I’m not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today’s economy.

– Jim DeMint

I don’t think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work.

– Jim DeMint

I’m not a kingmaker.

– Jim DeMint

From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.

– Jim DeMint

Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage – the union between one man and one woman – has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation’s history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now.

– Jim DeMint

If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.

– Jim DeMint

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.

– Jim DeMint

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

– Jim DeMint

I’m humbled to follow in the footsteps of Ed Feulner, who built the most important conservative institution in the nation. He has been a friend and mentor for years and I am honored to carry on his legacy of fighting for freedom.

– Jim DeMint

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