Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
JIM DEMINTBut 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.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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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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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 don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child 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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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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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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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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