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
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 like to be a strategic policy guy.
I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
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.
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.
A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.
I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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.
I don't even like playing a contentious role.
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.
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.
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.
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
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.
Republicans are the only one who can carry the banner of what I think millions of Americans are saying.
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.
I'm not a kingmaker.
We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.
Ideas are more powerful than people.
If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
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 under more severe attack than now.
