“Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conserv...” — Jim DeMint Quote

“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.”

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

“Something happens to me when someone says, 'You can't.' I'm generally not very competitive; unless someone tells me I can't do something that should be done.”

“On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.”

“I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well.”

“Most people don't see themselves as Democrats or Republicans. They see themselves as Americans.”