Jim DeMint

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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 foundat...”

“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.”

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

“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 interes...”

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

“I'm a conservative first, and I believe that, if we do a better job of helping Americans understand what we're trying to do, to showcase every place in the country that our ideas are working...”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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...”

“Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.”

“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 b...”

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