Jim DeMint quotes - page 2

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.
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I have no plans to run for president.
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Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.
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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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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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Ideas are more powerful than people.
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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.
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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.
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From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.
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The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other. (Jim DeMint)
I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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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.
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The Heritage Foundation is the premier think tank, research organization. The premier idea group for the conservative movement.
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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 can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.
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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 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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I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.
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First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.
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We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries. (Jim DeMint)
I drive Fords, and I've driven American cars all my life, and I want to have a strong American manufacturing sector, especially in automobiles.
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The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.
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Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.
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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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