I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
JIM DEMINTNo funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
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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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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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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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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.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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