Best 69 quotes of Jim Demint on MyQuotes

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.

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

American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.

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

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.

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.

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.

Cash-for-Clunkers program was a stupid idea.

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

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.

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.

Dependency encourages social problems.

Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.

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

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.

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

Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.

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

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

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

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

Ideas are more powerful than people.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Judeo-Christian conservatism overcomes natural selfishness.

Many Democrats are sincere in their desire to help others.

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.

NCLB should be called "More Children Left behind".

No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.

Not federal government's job to do good deeds.

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.

Partner with churches to assist the poor.

Quantitative easing prints money & causes inflation.

Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.