Tim Scott Quotes

• Our position should not be on how to eliminate the competition at all expenses, but we should focus on what we’re going to do in order to make sure that Americans turn to the road of prosperity with the trajectory of capitalism, because making a profit is not an evil.

  Tim Scott

• One thing without any question that is true today and that is that the winner of the 28-minute commercial is President Barack Obama.

  Tim Scott

•  Is Romney a tea party candidate? I’d probably say that he’s the least of the candidates running for president right now that would be considered a tea party candidate.

  Tim Scott

• 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

• If our message reaches the kitchen tables, we are in good shape.

  Tim Scott

• I’m not looking to be dominating all the media outlets … to talk about any issue just to be on TV, I’m not your guy. I’m not going to be ‘the black Republican’. I’m going to be a Republican who happens to be black who will talk about issues that I’m passionate about that are specific to the agenda that I want to accomplish.

  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.

  Tim Scott

• 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.

  Tim Scott

• 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.

  Tim Scott

• 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.

  Tim Scott

• I think about my grandfather who’s 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket.

  Tim Scott

• 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.

  Tim Scott

• 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.

  Tim Scott

• 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.

  Tim Scott

• 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.

  Tim Scott

• 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.

  Tim Scott

• And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

  Tim Scott

Tim Scott (37)

Birth:	19th September, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Advisor, Politician

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