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.
JIM DEMINTWell, 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.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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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 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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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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If we’re able to stop Obama on [health care reform], it will be his Waterloo. It will break him and we will show that we can, along with the American people, begin to push those freedom solutions that work in every area of our society.
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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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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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