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.
JIM DEMINTIf we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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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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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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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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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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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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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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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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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 would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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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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