Quotes from Jim DeMint

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I don't have many litmus tests, but this is one: Any candidate who doesn't understand that we need to balance the budget should not be president of the United States.

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

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.

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

I don't think Obama will get re-elected.

I play the guitar a little bit.

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 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 constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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