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.
JIM DEMINTFrankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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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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If we’re able to stop Obama on [health care reform], it will be his Waterloo. It will break him and we will show that we can, along with the American people, begin to push those freedom solutions that work in every area of our society.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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 problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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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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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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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 would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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