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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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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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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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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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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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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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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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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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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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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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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