Jim DeMint Quotes (29 Quotes)


    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.

    I think my coattails will help the president a little bit, ... South Carolina is Bush country.

    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.

    Ideas are more powerful than people.

    I fully support legal immigration and a temporary guest worker program, but I cannot endorse a proposal that rewards illegal immigrants with immediate legal status and a clear path to citizenship and voting rights.


    Meeting with tomorrow's leaders of Iraq was both an honor and an incredible experience, ... These are the guys that will be leading and making the decisions that will affect the future success of an Iraqi democracy.

    We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world.

    We're opening up their market. I worked hard to put China into the WTO rule-based system.

    I think the technology pretty much exists, we just need to align it with existing government warning systems,

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

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

    I think they'll make this a competitive thing that will get the system better and better by the week,

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

    It took Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.), a freshman Republican, to comb through Greenspan's riddles. Today, you have described our short-term economic situation as steady, as sound, ... But reading between the lines, I think what you have said about a long-term scenario, I think if we contemplate that for a few moments, it seems very alarming.

    When you see people around the country who see things the same way you do, it will create a lot of energy, ... And believe me, you need energy at this point.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    This Congress cannot feed that hope, and I'm afraid that's what that amendment was doing.

    I hope Major League Baseball will take this important moment in baseball history to remove the taint upon the memory of Shoeless Joe and appropriately honor his outstanding baseball accomplishments,

    appear to be the brainchild of a group that is afraid to tackle the real problems in the tax code.

    I anticipated many of these problems because the federal government cannot manage health care it's too complex and too personal to deliver real results. Yet, even though I voted against it, I am going to do everything I can to make sure it works for our seniors.

    If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.

    President Bush has demonstrated tremendous courage and resolve in the past year. He has been the decisive leader these times have required.

    I'm excited about defending and supporting this nominee, and am convinced he will be a great addition to the Supreme Court.

    I feel like every morning, I wake up, get a concrete block and have to walk around with it all day. We can't even address the issues.

    I would have given the same answer should not teach in public schools when asked if a single woman, who was pregnant and living with her boyfriend, should be hired to teach my third grade children, I just think the moral decisions are different with a teacher.

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


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