Jim DeMint Quotes

We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it.

I have never lost faith in America's essential goodness and greatness.

But this country is a great country and will always rebound.

I think Americans want to believe in this country again.

I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it.

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not.

I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country and who believes that, once again, we can be one nation under God.

Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.

Don't sell America short.

I truly believe we can be the greatest nation on Earth.

We can either build on the greatness of America or we can fade off into history.

Watching everybody have such a fantastic time, loving life, loving America - I wish that was the feeling year-round, that it didn't take the Fourth of July for us to be like, 'Yeah, America is awesome.'

We all need to rededicate ourselves to making America great and making it a more perfect union.

America is the greatest country on Earth. But because of some of the mistakes that have been made, we, I think, are going to have a lot of work to do in the next administration to restore that sense that America is that shining beacon on a hill.

You know what's amazing to me? America. There have been so many people who have stepped up, and I'm just proud to be an American. Yeah, there were some mistakes made, but I don't play the blame game. Let's move forward and rebuild New Orleans.

We'll do it right. You'll be proud of our country again.

How can we not believe in the greatness of America? How can we not do what is right and needed to preserve this last best hope of man on Earth? After all our struggles to restore America, to revive confidence in our country, hope for our future - after all our hard-won victories earned through the patience and courage of every citizen - we cannot, must not, and will not turn. We will finish our job. How could we do less? We're Americans.

Canadians are tired of being cynical.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope.

Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.

What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down.