Read MoreFrom the piece:. Tim Scott More Quotes by Tim Scott More Quotes From Tim Scott South Carolina is a great place to be from. Tim Scott carolina south-carolina south We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't. Tim Scott government jobs needs My three P's would be pray, pray first. Second, prepare, and then persist. Tim Scott three would-be firsts I think the nation as a whole has a role in making sure that each individual, each citizen maximizes one's potential. Tim Scott citizens roles thinking 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 recovery government jobs Sometimes you have positional authority, and that is very hopeful. But the reality of it is the nation responds to moral authority, when we believe that our president has the entire nation`s best interests at heart. Tim Scott heart believe reality One of the things that perhaps we can learn through the political process about bringing people together is to remember South Carolina, remember the families of the nine victims, how they brought a community together during the worst atrocity in our state's history, i am thankful that I live in a country where forgiveness can be seen in the worst of conditions. Tim Scott forgiveness country people 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 leader inspire america Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy. Tim Scott economic fairness workplace As a kid who failed out of high school as a freshman, I know firsthand and personally that sense of hopelessness and just being - drifting in the wrong direction, having really no hope. And being able to harness that frustration was incredibly valuable in my life. That's one of the reasons I focus so consistently on the foundation of education, because it helps to eviscerate those things that - unemployment, high jobless rates, poverty. Tim Scott frustration kids school 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. Tim Scott priorities zero country 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. Tim Scott recovery party race 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 grandfather years thinking Just it's as close to magic as you can get in America, education. Tim Scott magic america 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. Tim Scott color character country 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. Tim Scott progress government america The fact of the matter is that hope comes from many sources. I think depending on the federal government to be some sort of a savior is false hope. Tim Scott government matter thinking What we`re seeing in so many of the counterprotests. We`re seeing America rise in a way that it did not in the `60s, which I think is powerful and symbolic to the rest of the world, that we reject the darkness and we embrace the light. Tim Scott powerful darkness thinking We believe that all men and women are created in the image of God. We believe that we are all equally created. So the fact of the matter is that we should assume by default that we reject the support of those who do not support the theory, the notion, the fact, that all men are created equally. Tim Scott support men believe We are in a very critical and sensitive time in this nation. We need our president to sit down with folks who have a personal experience, a deep connection to the horror and the pain of this country`s provocative racial history. If the president wants to have a better understanding and appreciation for what he should do next, he needs to hear something from folks who have gone through this painful history. Without that personal connection to the painful past, it will be hard for him to regain that moral authority from my perspective. Tim Scott pain appreciation country
