Tim Scott Quotes

American - Politician Born: September 19, 1965

There are good people and bad people in all organizations fundamentally however, when you look at the basis of the Tea Party it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with an economic recovery. It has to do with limiting the role of our government in our lives. It has to do with free markets. Tim Scott

Bad, Role, However

I don't necessarily believe there's a message in the fact that I'm an African-American Republican. I think there is a message that America as a whole, we are now awake. We are looking at a political construct and we're fairly disappointed. I think the message is no matter where you come from in this country, there is great potential. Tim Scott

Country, I Think, Fact

I just dove into the Scriptures and started memorizing different scriptures and started becoming as much as possible a part of the scripture. I wanted it to be grafted into my heart. Tim Scott

Started, Part, Becoming

If our message reaches the kitchen tables, we are in good shape. Tim Scott

Shape, Tables, Good Shape

There is nothing special about Tim Scott. I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God and that makes the difference. Tim Scott

Nothing, About, Makes

I remember walking down the aisle, and I got down on my knees as a person who is so selfish, but when I rose back up the Lord had become the Master of my life. Tim Scott

My Life, I Remember, Knees

We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero. Tim Scott

Country, Spending Money

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets. Tim Scott

Believe, Many, Free Markets

The future of the Republican Party and the future of America is based on a values system and the issues that drive those values are on our side. Tim Scott

Side, Republican, Based

I think one of the most threatening places to be in politics is a black conservative because there are so many liberals who want to continue to reinforce a stereotype that doesn't exist about America. Tim Scott

Politics, Think, I Think

If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit. Tim Scott

Small, Motivated, Grows

Success is created in studio apartments and garages, at kitchen tables, and in classrooms across the nation, not in government conference rooms in Washington. Tim Scott

Conference, Studio, Rooms

As I have traveled throughout my Congressional district, the one thing I heard loud and clear was simply please stop spending money you do not have, rein in spending, live within a budget. Tim Scott

Within, Loud, Spending Money

I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position. Tim Scott

Myself, Move, Within

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't. Tim Scott

Private, Private Sector

Certainly I feel like I'm the tip of the arrow at times because certainly the national media wants to talk about the fact that I'm a black Republican and some people think of that as zany that a black person would be a conservative but to me what is zany is any person black, white, red, brown or yellow not being a conservative. Tim Scott

Conservative, Fact, Some

I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you believe that the conservative construct is in the best interest of our future, than you too would be voting with Republicans, and if you had the opportunity to run you'd join us as well. Tim Scott

I Think, Conservative, Very

We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government. Tim Scott

American, Right, Which

If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government cannot create jobs. If the government could create jobs, then Communism would have worked. But didn't work. So what we have to do is allow the private sector and the entrepreneurial spirit to lead us back to a job-filled recovery. Tim Scott

Fact, Allow, Private

I think you hear, at least as an undertone, and it's going to grow louder, is that we believe that capitalism is the mantra of the day and anything that creeps towards socialism is a problem. Tim Scott

Think, I Think, Louder

But the question we should ask ourselves is, who is the next visionary leader of America? How do we have the aspiration and inspire Americans to reach their highest level? We need a president that does so. Tim Scott

Leader, Next, Highest Level

Our position should not be on how to eliminate the competition at all expenses, but we should focus on what we're going to do in order to make sure that Americans turn to the road of prosperity with the trajectory of capitalism, because making a profit is not an evil. Tim Scott

Going, Making, Sure

I'm not looking to be dominating all the media outlets ... to talk about any issue just to be on TV, I'm not your guy. I'm not going to be 'the black Republican'. I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about that are specific to the agenda that I want to accomplish. Tim Scott

Passionate, Republican, TV

I think the question is who am I? That's what we all should be asking ourselves. Who am I? Well, if I am first a Christian conservative then that dictates my response to all questions so my response first as a Christian conservative is to vote consistent with my value system. Tim Scott

I Think, Conservative

Starting and feeding into the cultural war is absolutely unequivocally wrong for us as a nation and bad for the conservative movement. Tim Scott

Bad, Nation, Unequivocally

One thing without any question that is true today and that is that the winner of the 28-minute commercial is President Barack Obama. Tim Scott

Question, Commercial, Obama

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