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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.

Jim DeMint

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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Children Country Government
No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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Funding Parenthood Protect
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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Conflict Freedom Mature Past
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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People Political Reform
Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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Character Running School
The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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Party Politician Tea
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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Chief Problem Scared
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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Heritage Ideas Want
If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
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Gay School Teaching
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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Benefits Long Support
Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Behind Children Left States
Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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Country Facts People Republican
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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Company Country Job Jobs Want
The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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Goal Opposites Problem
Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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Country Dependent Federal Government People
I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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Care Devolution Support

Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.

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