Quotes By Jim DeMint

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

Marriage is a religious and state issue.

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.

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

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.

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

Well, I'm not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today's economy.

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.

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.

I have no plans to run for president.

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.

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

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

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

You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!

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

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.

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.

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

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.

So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

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.

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.

I'm getting optimistic. I think, as I talk to people around the country - they seem to get it. They want a return to those things that made America different and great.

If you remember you just have one constituent, and that's God himself, and if you try to please him I think you usually come with a lot steadier pace and a lot more peace in your life.

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

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

Republicans are the only one who can carry the banner of what I think millions of Americans are saying.