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 DEMINTThe Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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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 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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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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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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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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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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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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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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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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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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