I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
JIM DEMINTAs 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.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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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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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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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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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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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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Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.
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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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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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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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