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.
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 like to be a strategic policy guy.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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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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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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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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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 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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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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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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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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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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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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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We 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.
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