Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
JIM DEMINTI 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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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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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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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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I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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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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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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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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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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If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
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I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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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