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Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.

Jim DeMint

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Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
Business Executive
Former United States Senator
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Greenville
South Carolina
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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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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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I don't even like playing a contentious role.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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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.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.
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Social Security mess is another failed progressive policy.
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Not federal government's job to do good deeds.
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Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.
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Democrats are making it clear that they intend to use our economic crisis to rush through their longtime liberal goals without public scrutiny or debate. ... This will increase burdens on taxpayers and take a significant step toward socialized medicine.
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What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.
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Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.
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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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From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.
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