Quotes By Jim DeMint

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

I'm never going to rule anything out in life, because most of what I'm doing now, I never intended to do.

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 play the guitar a little bit.

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

The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy.

Marriage is a religious and state issue.

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

The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I have no plans to run for president.