Jim DeMint

I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.

If you remember you just have one constituent, and that's God himself, and if you try to please him I think you usually come with a lot steadier pace and a lot more peace in your life.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.

From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It's a terrible thing to do.

I play the guitar a little bit.

It has always been my plan not to serve more than two terms.

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

I'm not a kingmaker.

The hope and change the Democrats had in mind was nothing more than a retread of the failed and discredited socialist policies that have been the enemy of freedom for centuries all over the world. I fear America is teetering towards tyranny.

We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

Ideas are more powerful than people.

Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom.

A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.