Tim Scott quotes

Tim Scott is an American politician and the junior United States senator from South Carolina. Known for his advocacy of conservative values and economic opportunity, he is one of the few African Americans to have served in both chambers of Congress. He has played a prominent role in national discussions on police reform and race relations. Here are 24 of his quotes:

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't. (Tim Scott)
There are good people and bad people in all organizations fundamentally however, when you look at the basis of the Tea Party it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with an economic recovery. It has to do with limiting the role of our government in our lives. It has to do with free markets. View quote
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South Carolina is a great place to be from. View quote
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I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution. View quote
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The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain. View quote
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I have campaigned all over the state of South Carolina. It is the friendliest state in the country. And truly here people judge you by the content of your character not the color of your skin. View quote
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As I have traveled throughout my Congressional district, the one thing I heard loud and clear was simply please stop spending money you do not have, rein in spending, live within a budget. View quote
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We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government. View quote
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But the question we should ask ourselves is, who is the next visionary leader of America? How do we have the aspiration and inspire Americans to reach their highest level? We need a president that does so. View quote
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Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy. View quote
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As a small business owner for the last 15 years, when I think of what truly changed my life, it was my faith, a strong family, my mom did a really, really good job of encouraging me in very clear and discernible ways. (Tim Scott)
And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets. View quote
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I think the question is who am I? That's what we all should be asking ourselves. Who am I? Well, if I am first a Christian conservative then that dictates my response to all questions so my response first as a Christian conservative is to vote consistent with my value system. View quote
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I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position. View quote
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I don't necessarily believe there's a message in the fact that I'm an African-American Republican. I think there is a message that America as a whole, we are now awake. We are looking at a political construct and we're fairly disappointed. I think the message is no matter where you come from in this country, there is great potential. View quote
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I think when you look to the future what you'll find is that the Republican Party is building a bigger party base on stronger values. View quote
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We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero. View quote
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I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you believe that the conservative construct is in the best interest of our future, than you too would be voting with Republicans, and if you had the opportunity to run you'd join us as well. View quote
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I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities. View quote
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The future of the Republican Party and the future of America is based on a values system and the issues that drive those values are on our side. View quote
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If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government cannot create jobs. If the government could create jobs, then Communism would have worked. But didn't work. So what we have to do is allow the private sector and the entrepreneurial spirit to lead us back to a job-filled recovery. (Tim Scott)
I think you hear, at least as an undertone, and it's going to grow louder, is that we believe that capitalism is the mantra of the day and anything that creeps towards socialism is a problem. View quote
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Certainly I feel like I'm the tip of the arrow at times because certainly the national media wants to talk about the fact that I'm a black Republican and some people think of that as zany that a black person would be a conservative but to me what is zany is any person black, white, red, brown or yellow not being a conservative. View quote
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I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket. View quote
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