Jim DeMint quotes

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. (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
I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
Jim DeMint
It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.
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
If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
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
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 would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
Jim DeMint
We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.
Jim DeMint
California is going to take themselves off the cliff culturally and economically, fiscally. They are going to be at the trough in Washington wanting a bailout. (Jim DeMint)
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.
Jim DeMint
Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom.
Jim DeMint
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.
Jim DeMint
Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.
Jim DeMint
The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.
Jim DeMint
American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world.
Jim DeMint
Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.
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
What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.
Jim DeMint
Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside. (Jim DeMint)
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.
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
I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.
Jim DeMint
Marriage is a religious and state issue.
Jim DeMint