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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 f...

Jim DeMint

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 f...

Tags: change, fear, freedom, hope

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

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.

Tags: dad, mom, parents, world

About Author
James Warren DeMint (born September 2, 1951) is an American businessman, author, and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina and as president of The Heritage Foundation. A leading figure in the Tea Party movement, DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and is the founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund.
DeMint served as the United States representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. He was elected to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina in 2004 and reelected in 2010. DeMint served in the Senate until January 2, 2013, when he stepped down to become president of The Heritage Foundation. On May 2, 2017, DeMint resigned his position at Heritage at the request of its board. He later became a senior advisor to Citizens for Self-Governance and the founding chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute.

If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.

Jim DeMint

If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.

Tags: business, future

What we need is some people to stand up with the courage of their convictions, to do what they promised when they ran for election, and fight to stop Obamacare.

Jim DeMint

What we need is some people to stand up with the courage of their convictions, to do what they promised when they ran for election, and fight to stop Obamacare.

Tags: fight, stand up, people

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

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.

Tags: government, society

Forget the consultants, the pundits and the pollsters; good policy is good politics.

Jim DeMint

Forget the consultants, the pundits and the pollsters; good policy is good politics.

Tags: good, forget, policy

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.

Jim DeMint

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.

Tags: peace

Marriage is a religious and state issue.

Jim DeMint

Marriage is a religious and state issue.

Tags: marriage

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

Jim DeMint

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

Tags: hope

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

Jim DeMint

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

Tags: home

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 u...

Jim DeMint

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 u...

Tags: history, marriage, time, man

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.

Jim DeMint

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.

Tags: government

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in con...

Jim DeMint

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in con...

Tags: government

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.

Jim DeMint

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.

Tags: positive, work, good, world

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

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

Tags: freedom, history

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.

Jim DeMint

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.

Tags: life, strong, american

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

Jim DeMint

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

Tags: education, health

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 governm...

Jim DeMint

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 governm...

Tags: education, food, government, health, children

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.

Jim DeMint

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.

Tags: courage, confidence, character, world

Well, purity - there's no purity in politics.

Jim DeMint

Well, purity - there's no purity in politics.

Tags: politics