We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
JIM DEMINTThe Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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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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If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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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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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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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 think I’m the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.
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