Democrat Quotes - Page 21

• The new racism is anything that might hurt a Democrat politically.

  Glenn Reynolds

  Hurt, Racism, Politics

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• Everyone understands that [democrat Senator Harry Reid] is deliberately lying. The man reads his lies from prepared texts. You can't read from a script and then claim you misspoke.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Lying, Men, Politics

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• If you're a Republican who's a threat to the Democrats, of course you are a racist. That's the definition of a racist, nowadays.

  Glenn Reynolds

  Racist, Definitions, Politics

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• I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart. And that's exactly what's pulling our country apart today. Because face it, folks, we are a divided nation. Not between Democrats or Republicans, or conservatives and liberals, or tops and bottoms. No, we are divided by those who think with their head, and those who know with their heart.

  Stephen Colbert

  Country, Book, Heart

  "Happy Anniversary, Stephen Colbert" by Rachel Sklar, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2006.

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• Embryonic stem cell research wears no political stripes - it is embraced by conservatives, liberals, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

  Diana DeGette

  Cells, Political, Stripes

  "Another Opportunity for President Bush To Do The Right Thing" by Rep. Diana DeGette, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2007.

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• The changes that take place when liberal Democrats replace not so liberal or compassionate Republicans (or Democrats) are merely cosmetic.

  David Dellinger

  Cosmetics, Republican, Compassionate

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• I'm a liberal Democrat, and I state that proudly.

  Tom Bergeron

  States

  "Todd Palin Could Be Next on 'Dancing With the Stars'". www.foxnews.com. December 1, 2010.

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• I would never tell anyone who to vote for. I'm a different kind of 'liberal' and I think people should be true to themselves. If you're Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, you should be true to yourself and be who you are.

  Jon Lovitz

  Thinking, People, Be Who You Are

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• Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels.

  Anthony Trollope

  Infidel

  Anthony Trollope (1874). “Phineas Redux”, p.64

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• Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone.

  Arthur Scargill

  Party, People, Gone

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• Clearly, God is a Democrat.

  Patrick Caddell

  God

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• I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct, nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying.

  Mark Twain

  Lying, People, Democracy

  1898 Notebook, ch.31, Feb ^ Mar.

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• The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

  Aristotle

  Equality, Thinking, All Things

  Aristotle, Stephen Everson (1996). “Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens”, p.120, Cambridge University Press

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• As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is the Republicans are Socialists and the Democrats are Bolsheviks.

  Cleveland Amory

  Differences, Republican, Politician

  Cleveland Amory (1980). “The trouble with nowadays: a curmudgeon strikes back”, G K Hall & Co

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• I've done work for both Democrats and Republicans.

  Mark Zandi

  Done, Republican

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• My policy is I will help any policymaker who asks, whether they be a Republican or a Democrat.

  Mark Zandi

  Helping, Republican, Policy

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• You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.

  Charles Kennedy

  Trade, Describing

  "Kennedy: trade unionists are not 'wreckers'" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2002.

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• I'm a complete democrat in terms of who buys my books.

  Julian Barnes

  Book, Term

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• I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.

  Leon Panetta

  Responsibility, Thinking, Leader

  "Defense Secretary Leon Panetta". "This Week" with Jake Tapper, abcnews.go.com. May 27, 2012.

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• Democrats inhabit the low shores of Puget Sound, mostly on its eastern side, in a ragged trail of port-cities that stretches from Bellingham, close to the Canadian border, through Everett, Seattle, and Tacoma, to Olympia, the state capital, at the southern end of the sound.

  Jonathan Raban

  Cities, Southern, Sides

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• I've thought about it, not a lot, but I thought my relationship with Congress - the Democrats and Republicans - would help me get some things done. Not everything, but at least they'd be willing to try.

  Bob Dole

  Trying, Done, Helping

  "Bob Dole: Great American" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, www.gq.com. June 25, 2012.

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• John Connally's conversion to the GOP raised the intellectual level of both parties.

  Frank Mankiewicz

  Funny, Humorous, Party

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• The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and we can fix that."

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Humorous, Party

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.30, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The Democrats planned to fiddle while Rome burned. The Republicans were going to burn Rome, then fiddle.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Humorous, Party

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.30, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Democrats have become very good at electing very bad Republicans

  Ralph Nader

  Inspirational, Republican, Very Good

  Ralph Nader (2009). “The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap”, p.29, Harper Collins

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