I think I’m the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.
JIM DEMINTThe problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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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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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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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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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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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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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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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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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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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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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