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

Jim DeMint

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Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
Business Executive
Former United States Senator
Politician
Greenville
South Carolina
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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Not federal government's job to do good deeds.
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The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.
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Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.
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Cash-for-Clunkers program was a stupid idea.
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No funding for Planned Parenthood protect the unborn.
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Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.
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Marriage is a religious and state issue.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.
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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.
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Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.
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As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.
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