Political Quotes

On the recordJune 6, 2012
My experience in business and politics tells me that most of the time when we're trying to solve problems we are actually treating symptoms.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

DeMint expresses concern about addressing symptoms rather than root causes in political policy.

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