Quotes By Jim DeMint

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

Marriage is a religious and state issue.

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

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

Ideas are more powerful than people.

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.

It has always been my plan not to serve more than two terms.

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

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 don't even like playing a contentious role.

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.

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

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

Something happens to me when someone says, 'You can't.' I'm generally not very competitive; unless someone tells me I can't do something that should be done.

Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

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.

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

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

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.