Democratic Party Quotes - Page 9

• If what you are claiming is true, I would have shouted it from the rooftops. I would have gone to the authorities, the FBI, the police, the Democratic (Party) anybody that would listen. I wouldn't depend on one guy with the Department of Transportation.

  Alan Colmes

  Party, Guy, Police

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• The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Party, Struggle, Class

  "The Socialist Party and the Working Class". Eugene V. Debs' opening speech as Presidential candidate of the Socialist Party in Indianapolis, Indiana, www.marxists.org. September 1, 1904.

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• The Democratic Party's complete obeisance to [the abortion] lobby makes Democrats look bought, frightened and craven.

  Peggy Noonan

  Party, Abortion, Looks

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• What made Obama unique was that he was the ultimate charismatic politician - the most unknown stranger ever to achieve the presidency in the United States. No one knew who he was, he came out of nowhere, he had this incredible persona that floated him above the fray, destroyed Hillary, took over the Democratic Party and became president. This is truly unprecedented: A young unknown with no history, no paper trail, no well-known associates, self-created.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Party, Unique, Self

  "'Obama Is Average'". Interview with Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz, www.spiegel.de. October 26, 2009.

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• I represent the Democratic party... I've never been nor do I ever plan to be a John McCain supporter. I support Barack Obama.

  Young Jeezy

  Party, Support, Democratic

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• I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Running, Mistake, Party

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• I'm much more concerned about America than the Democratic Party.

  Howard Schultz

  Party, America, Democratic

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• I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the Democratic Party that think that the immigration issue is more valuable to them unsolved. That it gives them something to talk about, that they can go back to Hispanic communities and make unrealistic promises every two years and win votes.

  Marco Rubio

  Party, Winning, Thinking

  "Some Democrats see immigration inaction as expedient, Rubio says" by Gregory Wallace, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. May 23, 2012.

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• I think there are many in the Democratic Party that want immigration to be unsolved issue at least for the time being, because it's more useful as a campaign issue than it is as a solved issue.

  Marco Rubio

  Party, Thinking, Issues

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• The Democratic Party went far to the left, I think, and left some of us stranded on the beach, so we went to the Republican Party.

  Pat Robertson

  Beach, Party, Thinking

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• Economic libertarians and Christian evangelicals, united by their common enemy, are strange bedfellows in today's Republican party, just as the two Georges - the archconservative Wallace and the uberliberal McGovern - found themselves in the same Democratic Party in 1972.

  Steven Pinker

  Christian, Party, Two

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• But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time.

  Michael Moore

  Party, Long, Members

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• I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

  George McGovern

  Party, Thinking, Average

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• Bank of America is to sweetheart loans and Democratic Party payoffs as Paula Deen is to sugar and bacon grease.

  Michelle Malkin

  Party, America, Grease

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• Barack Obamas official nomination as the Democratic Partys standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party nominee, Obama is carrying a big load on his shoulders. Hes holding the hopes and dreams of a lot of folks who thought the presidency was only reserved for white men.

  Chuck Todd

  Dream, Party, Men

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• Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.

  Barbara Jordan

  Party, People, Political

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change.

  Richard Lamm

  Party, Past, Thinking

  CNN's "Inside Politics Weekend" with Jeanne Meserve, www.cnn.com. July 7, 1996.

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• I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Philosophy, Party, Believe

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• I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.

  Barbara Jordan

  Party, Thinking, America

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• The Democratic Party is uniquely virulently racist and pro-slavery to a degree unseen anywhere in the English-speaking world!

  Mark Steyn

  Party, Unseen, Degrees

  "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "Hannity", www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2015.

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• When is the Democratic Party going to apologize for being the biggest slave-holding-supporting institution on the planet and sticking with racism for the century after the abolition of slavery?

  Mark Steyn

  Party, Abolition Of Slavery, Racism

  "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2015.

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• The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Party, Florida

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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• the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Teacher, Religious, Party

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• Just about every generation has some horrific evil that it must fight. For the Democratic Party today that evil is carbon dioxide emissions. For the rest of us, it is an ideology that teaches that its deity is sanctified by the blood of innocents.

  Dennis Prager

  Party, Fighting, Blood

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• The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Party, Sunshine, Rights

  1948 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 14 July 1948, Philadelphia, PA

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