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.
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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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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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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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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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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 would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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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 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 like to be a strategic policy guy.
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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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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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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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