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.
JIM DEMINTToo many Americans are dependent on federal government.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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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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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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I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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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 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 don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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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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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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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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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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