I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
JIM DEMINTWe 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.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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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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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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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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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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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.
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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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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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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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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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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 think I’m the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.
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