Jim DeMint Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.”
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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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“The hope and change the Democrats had in mind was nothing more than a retread of the failed and discredited socialist policies that have been the enemy of freedom for centuries all over the world. I fear America is teetering towards tyranny.”
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“I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.”
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“Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.”
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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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“I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.”
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“I don't think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work.”
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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've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.”
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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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“Well, one of the most important things for Americans to be reminded of is that a lot of the exceptional nature of our country is founded in Judeo-Christian values that promotes individualism, personal responsibility, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to family, charity.”
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“California is going to take themselves off the cliff culturally and economically, fiscally. They are going to be at the trough in Washington wanting a bailout.”
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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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“What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.”
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“We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.”
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“We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.”
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“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 senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.”
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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 don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.”
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“I don't even like playing a contentious role.”
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“Democrats have chosen not to defend the Marine Corps, but to pander to anti-war protesters and Berkeley officials that are actively trying to impede military recruitment.”
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“Democrats are making it clear that they intend to use our economic crisis to rush through their longtime liberal goals without public scrutiny or debate. ... This will increase burdens on taxpayers and take a significant step toward socialized medicine.”
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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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“The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.”
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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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“You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.”
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“We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.”
-- Jim DeMint
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