Jim DeMint Quotes

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.

I'm a conservative. I believe in the idea of freedom and liberty, but more importantly, look at my voting background. I voted against bailing out Wall Street. I voted against, never voted for, a tax increase.

I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction.

I've been a conservative my whole life. There is nothing hard-right or far-right about anything. I just believe in ideas and that ideas matter in history, and that's my background, and that's the way I'd like to be portrayed.

It's time to take Economics 101 to Washington. We believe in liberty, we believe in limited government, we believe in free enterprise, we believe in family values and the sanctity of human life, and we all believe Washington needs a good dose of Economics 101.

We can dig ourselves out of the ditch that the progressives and Obama-ites have driven us into.

Conservative ideas don't just sound good. They actually work. That's the secret of our success.

You know, I like to think that I will subscribe very much to the core Republican principles of small government. Making a small number of rules and getting out of the way. Keeping taxes low. Creating an environment for small businesses to grow and thrive.

I'm confident that Gov. Romney can win over the American people on the promise of limited government, defending individual liberties and a return to common-sense solutions to our country's biggest problems.

Indiana is a state that works because conservative principles work every time you put them into practice.

I've got the conservative ideas for putting our country back on track.

I believe that Conservatives do best when we focus on strong ideas for our future and when we leverage the strength of grassroots across the country.

I am a proud conservative.

My candidacy is one that fits the district and fits the Mick Mulvaney-Jim DeMint philosophy.

Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs.

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

I think what the Tea Party movement is - I'm all for it; they're out there fighting for our rights, fighting for what our forefathers stood for.

The reason why I'm a conservative is because conservative policies work and they improve opportunities. They are the avenue for climbing the economic dream.

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.

Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation.

What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance.

I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.

Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.

Voters never have to question where I stand - my principles or priorities. I am a pro-freedom, pro-America and pro-life conservative.