Democrat Quotes - Page 3

• Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream.

  Virginia Foxx

  Leader, Mainstream, Democratic

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• Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.

  Jack Layton

  Parliament

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• The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Strong, Want, Lasts

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• You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father s. He's more particular. The father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

  Robert Frost

  Love, Funny, Mother

  Robert Frost, Elaine Barry (1973). “Robert Frost on writing”, Rutgers Univ Pr

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• Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows.

  John Doolittle

  Winning, Political, Newspapers

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• I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

  William Weld

  Country, Social, Approach

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• I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Office, Leader, Want

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• I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.

  Jack Kingston

  Real, Issues, Effort

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews" with Campbell Brown, www.nbcnews.com. July 18, 2005.

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• Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.

  Dick Morris

  Cutting, Favors, Increase

  "Bush's latest investor-friendly tax cut". www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2003.

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• When you are pulling people out of the water and off of rooftops, there are no Republicans and no Democrats.

  Charlie Melancon

  People, Water, Rooftops

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• We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.

  Charles Schumer

  Party, Term

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• When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.

  Bob Woodward

  Distance, Practice, Long

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• We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

  Gray Davis

  March On Washington, Leader, Host

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• The Democrats' plan for 2006? Take the House and Senate and impeach the president. With our nation at war, is this the kind of Congress you want?

  Ken Mehlman

  War, Aggravation, House

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• We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Decision, Needs, Calling

  "Pawlenty: GOP surge if health plan fails" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. August 14, 2009.

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• Real Democrats don't make promises they can't keep.

  Howard Dean

  Real, Promise

  "Democratic rivals spar over Bush's tax cuts". usatoday30.usatoday.com. July 30, 2003.

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• Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?

  William Kristol

  Leadership, Men, Two

  "A Better Idea Than Censure?". www.weeklystandard.com. June 19, 2005.

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• When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together.

  John Breaux

  Independent, Working Together, Done

  "Interview With John Breaux". "CNN Live Today" with Judy Woodruff, www.cnn.com. January 3, 2002.

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• You've got the brain-washed, that's the Democrats, and the brain-dead, that's the Republicans!

  Mark Russell

  Brain, Republican, Brain Dead

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• I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Thinking, Today

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• The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation.

  Helmut Kohl

  Christian, Poor, Made

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• I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.

  Donna Shalala

  Thinking, Nuts, Program

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• You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

  Joe Biden

  Racism, Racist, Dunkin Donuts

  "Biden explains Indian-American remarks". www.nbcnews.com. July 7, 2006.

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• Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Race, People, Political

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• In choosing a President, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Leadership, President, Conservative

  Rudy Giuliani's address to the Republican Party convention in New York, news.bbc.co.uk. August 30, 2004.

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