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.

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.

Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation.

Dependency encourages social problems.

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.

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.

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

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

Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.

I drive Fords, and I've driven American cars all my life, and I want to have a strong American manufacturing sector, especially in automobiles.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

Not federal government's job to do good deeds.

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.

Freedom solutions - cross-state insurers; health cooperatives.

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.

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.

Cash-for-Clunkers program was a stupid idea.

Spending is an addiction.

First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.

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

Judeo-Christian conservatism overcomes natural selfishness.

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.

Partner with churches to assist the poor.

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

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 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.

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

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

Ideas are more powerful than people.

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.

Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.

We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.

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.

We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.

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.

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.

Government-run schools can't instill morals and character.

Social Security mess is another failed progressive policy.

Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.

Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.

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.