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Jim DeMint
American
Politician
Born:
Sep 2
,
1951
Government
Party
People
Think
World
You
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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
Mom
World
Parents
Father's Day
Parent
Blessings
Call
Greatest
Biggest
Titles
Mom And Dad
Dad
It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.
Jim DeMint
Do The Right Thing
Wrong Thing
Sense
Right Thing
Wrong
Make
Order
The Right Thing
Right
Thing
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.
Jim DeMint
Plants
Job
Build
National
Every
Think
Local
Spending
Way
Sewer
Parking
Point
Parochial
Making
Lots
National Interests
Senator
Getting
Going
Cut
Pave
Interests
Congressman
Washington
Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.
Jim DeMint
You
World
Goals
Compromise
Shared
Well
Works
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.
Jim DeMint
Hope
Freedom
Change
Enemy
World
Fear
Mind
Tyranny
Nothing
Hope And Change
More
Had
Failed
Towards
Over
Policies
Democrats
Been
Than
America
Centuries
Socialist
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.
Jim DeMint
Dark
Party
Own
System
Pretty
My Own
Fed
Fed Up
Through
Disastrous
Years
Up
Being
After
Frustrated
Elections
Two
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.
Jim DeMint
Work
Family
Nature
Commitment
Charity
Strong
Values
Responsibility
Country
Important
Important Things
Our
Exceptional
Individualism
Reminded
Most
Well
Lot
American
Personal
The Most Important
Personal Responsibility
Work Ethic
Ethic
Founded
Things
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
Positive
Work
Good
World
Blessed
Healthy
Nation
Back
Our
More
Economy
Force
Been
American
Going
Acting
Growing
If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
Jim DeMint
Gay
Public Schools
Schools
Person
Wants
Public
Should
Teaching
Publicly
Ideas are more powerful than people.
Jim DeMint
People
More
Powerful
Ideas
Than
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.
Jim DeMint
Will
Long
Benefit
Must
Brutal
Clear
Support
Make
Terrorist
Lebanon
Harbors
Now
Assistance
We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.
Jim DeMint
Best
Business
World
Will
Comprehensive
Invest
Make
Reform
America
Place
Need
I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
Jim DeMint
Government
People
Rose
Spending
Would
Would-Be
Only
Could
Around
Government Spending
Up
Debt
Mounting
The Only Thing
Turn
Believed
Thing
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.
Jim DeMint
Great
People
Made
Country
Think
Those
Seem
Talk
Return
Around
Optimistic
America
Get
Getting
Different
Want
Things
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
Life
Strong
Car
My Life
Drive
Sector
All My Life
Driven
American
Want
Automobiles
Manufacturing
Republicans are the only one who can carry the banner of what I think millions of Americans are saying.
Jim DeMint
Saying
Think
Carry
Only
American
Banner
Republicans
Who
Millions
From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.
Jim DeMint
Important
Policy
Principles
Standpoint
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
Good
Home
Me
Money
Other
Local
Back
Projects
Look
Make
Just
Asking
Need
Museums
I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.
Jim DeMint
Party
Libertarian
Embraces
See
Like
Ideas
Lot
Republican
Republican 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.
Jim DeMint
Take
Economically
Bailout
California
Cliff
Fiscally
Off
Going
Wanting
Themselves
Washington
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.
Jim DeMint
Me
You
Unless
Says
Tells
Someone
Something
Generally
Very
Done
Happens
Should
Competitive
Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.
Jim DeMint
Me
People
Sometimes
Party
Tea
Other
Way
Around
Tea Party
Credit
Actually
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
Life
God
You
Peace
Remember
Try
Think
Please
Constituent
More
Come
Him
Himself
Lot
Just
Pace
Your
We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.
Jim DeMint
Class
Other
Other Countries
Kind
Countries
Like
Permanent
Lot
America
Revolving
Door
Millionaires
I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.
Jim DeMint
Party
Own
Inside
My Own
Support
Even
Washington
I'm never going to rule anything out in life, because most of what I'm doing now, I never intended to do.
Jim DeMint
Life
Rule
Out
Never
Most
Because
Doing
Intended
Going
Anything
Now
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