Tim Scott Quotes

Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

…I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I rather like the role.

People who are satisfied with a prospective [presidential] appointment do not make any particular noise about it, but those who do not like it clamor.

I have a little experience in doing things that are unpopular.

Yeah, I kind of looked around and I can't understand why nobody else is speaking up. Later when I faced the backlash of speaking up, I realized why nobody did.

I'm not going to back down one bit in attacking Trump.

I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. [...] That opposition hasn't changed.

You know why I'm running for governor? Because everything we care about is under siege from President Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner.

What was interesting about Trump, I mean, people always say they want a non-politician. Well, you got it with Donald Trump. And there's good to that, and there's bad to that. The bad is that he can be distracted by talking about these stupid things that - I promise you, no one cares about his taxes.

When I hear things like 'unpatriotic,' I just chalk it up to a lot of political rhetoric.

I don't think kneeling during the anthem is such a bad thing.

Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cute.

I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you.

Simply put, a Trump presidency is unthinkable.

Trump would either be the Scarecrow or the Joker.

I have always stuck my neck out on policy issues.

A lot of people have sought to place me in the position as the leader of the anti-Trump movement. That is not something that I have aspired to. It's not something that I've requested.

I've been ostracized before in legislative bodies for voting against the majority. That doesn't bother me.

Dissent is difficult. It can constitute a real dilemma for the person who disagrees.

This is not Trumpistan.

I'm sick of people who supported Trump saying, 'Get over it. You lost.' That's not how America works. We get to critique him the same way they constantly fought Obama. As long as I have a platform, I will continue to speak up because it's my responsibility.

Why should anybody who doesn't like Donald Trump think, oh, well, I should think he is legitimate now?

Hillary Clinton's too risky for America.