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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

Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
JIM DEMINT

Character Running School
But my bill, the Drill Now Act, would actually expedite the whole process, let the Interior Department move ahead quicker… It would stop the radical environmental lawyers from delaying for years with frivolous lawsuits the leasing of the property.
JIM DEMINT

Environmental Moving Years
A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
JIM DEMINT

Country Islamic Light People
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

Heritage Ideas Want
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

Conflict Freedom Mature Past
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

Children Country Government
Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
JIM DEMINT

Gay Marriage World
Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
JIM DEMINT

Behind Children Left States
I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
JIM DEMINT

Care Devolution Support
NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
JIM DEMINT

Behind Children
Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
JIM DEMINT

Character Integrity Promise
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

Demand Fuel Government
The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
JIM DEMINT

Goal Opposites Problem
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

Benefits Long Support
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 senators to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
JIM DEMINT

Cutting Jobs Thinking
Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
JIM DEMINT

Country Dependent Federal Government People

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