Jim DeMint Quotes

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.

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.

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.

If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.

Dependency encourages social problems.

Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation.

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.

If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.

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.

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.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

Many Democrats are sincere in their desire to help others.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

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.

Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now.

A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.

American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world.

The Heritage Foundation is the premier think tank, research organization. The premier idea group for the conservative movement.

Ideas are more powerful than people.

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.

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.

I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.

Partner with churches to assist the poor.

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.

Freedom solutions - cross-state insurers; health cooperatives.

Quantitative easing prints money & causes inflation.

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 senators to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.

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.

Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.

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.

The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.

No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.

I think I'm the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.

I have no plans to run for president.

I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.

I don't even like playing a contentious role.

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.

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.

I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008.

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.