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.
JIM DEMINTAllow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
More Jim DeMint Quotes
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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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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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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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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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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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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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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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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I like to be a strategic policy guy.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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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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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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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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