If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
JIM DEMINTSo, 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.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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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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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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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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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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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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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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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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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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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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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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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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