Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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.
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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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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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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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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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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
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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.
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If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
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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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