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.
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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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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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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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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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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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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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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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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