Quote

I've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.

Jim DeMint

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
Business Executive
Former United States Senator
Politician
Greenville
South Carolina
James Warren Jim DeMint
James Warren DeMint
Social
Proposal
Whole
Accused
Trying
Developed
Think
Reform
Thinking
Destroy
People
Save
Proposals
Security
Point
Bankrupt

More quotes by Jim DeMint

Image
No funding for Planned Parenthood protect the unborn.
Jim DeMint
Image
Democrats have chosen not to defend the Marine Corps, but to pander to anti-war protesters and Berkeley officials that are actively trying to impede military recruitment.
Jim DeMint
Image
First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.
Jim DeMint
Image
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.
Jim DeMint
Image
Cash-for-Clunkers program was a stupid idea.
Jim DeMint
Image
NCLB should be called More Children Left behind.
Jim DeMint
Image
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.
Jim DeMint
Image
Not federal government's job to do good deeds.
Jim DeMint
Image
Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.
Jim DeMint
Image
Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
Jim DeMint
Image
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.
Jim DeMint
Image
One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.
Jim DeMint
Image
Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.
Jim DeMint
Image
I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
Jim DeMint
Image
American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
Jim DeMint
Image
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
Image
Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
Jim DeMint
Image
Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.
Jim DeMint
Image
We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.
Jim DeMint
Image
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
Jim DeMint