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.
Jim DeMint

Mom, Dad, Greatest

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.
Jim DeMint

Change, Hope, Freedom

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

Compromise, Goals, Works

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

Time, Hope, Become

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.
Jim DeMint

Education, Health, Government

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.
Jim DeMint

Change, Country, Direction

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

Government, Around, Debt

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.
Jim DeMint

Marriage, Time, History

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

Free, Light, Against

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.
Jim DeMint

Government, Society, Help

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.
Jim DeMint

Off, Themselves, Washington

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.
Jim DeMint

Through, Two, Pretty

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

Republican, Ideas, Party

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

Wrong, Sense, Order

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

Between, Republican, Needs

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

History, Freedom, Past

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.
Jim DeMint

Work, Family, Nature

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

Country, American, Pay

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

Looking, Anyone, Facts

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

Win, Vote, Street

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

Important, Principles, Policy

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

Tell, Debt, Limit

I don't even like playing a contentious role.
Jim DeMint

I don't have many litmus tests, but this is one: Any candidate who doesn't understand that we need to balance the budget should not be president of the United States.
Jim DeMint

Understand, Balance, President

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

Support, Party, Inside

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Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: September 2, 1951

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