The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
JIM DEMINTToday 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.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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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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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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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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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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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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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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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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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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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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