Top 33 Tim Scott Quotes

When I was in the 9th grade I was flunking out of high school. And that’s why I’m so encouraged by the fact that America is the place where opportunity and American exceptionalism is alive and well.

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.

But in my life, the vast majority of people that have really afforded me the opportunity to succeed were white folks.

I’m an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God – and that makes the difference.

Thousands of Americans are forced to join unions as a condition of employment, with little to no chance of ever having their voices heard.

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.

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

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.

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

Success is created in studio apartments and garages, at kitchen tables, and in classrooms across the nation, not in government conference rooms in Washington.

If Strom Thurmond could get 30% of the black vote, any Republican can.

Part of the challenge of being a black Republican anywhere is that you start off with people walking in with chips on their shoulder trying to figure out what is wrong with you.

South Carolina is a great place to be from.

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.

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.

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.

I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.

I think one of the most threatening places to be in politics is a black conservative because there are so many liberals who want to continue to reinforce a stereotype that doesn’t exist about America.

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

There is nothing special about Tim Scott.

Starting and feeding into the cultural war is absolutely unequivocally wrong for us as a nation and bad for the conservative movement.

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

Obamacare. Get rid of it. Period.

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.

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn’t.

I remember walking down the aisle, and I got down on my knees as a person who is so selfish, but when I rose back up the Lord had become the Master of my life.

If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit.

I’m going to be a Republican who happens to be black – who will talk about issues that I’m passionate about.

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.

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.

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.

I failed world geography, civics, Spanish and English. And when you fail Spanish and English, they do not consider you bilingual. They may call you bi-ignorant because you can’t speak any language.

People ask me about if, being a Republican, you guys want to cut everything and stop everything and not help people. I find that patently false.