Democratic Quotes - Page 29

• It's a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of this and many of them are moving into the Democratic camp.

  Tony Campolo

  Moving, New Day, Matter

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• When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic.

  Tony Campolo

  Biblical, Community, African American

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• My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

  Zaha Hadid

  Father, Party, Leader

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• Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.

  Stephen Harper

  Rights, Scary, Fundamentals

  "BC Report Newsmagazine", January 11, 1999.

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• Many Jews are not Zionists and many non-Jews are. Zionism is a political movement, not a race. To say Zionism is the Jewish people is like saying the Democratic Party is the American people. Jewish people who oppose Zionism, however, have been given a very hard time.

  David Icke

  Party, Hard Times, Race

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• We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.

  Jesse Jackson

  Jobs, Opportunity, Government

  "Jesse Jackson: the Mother Jones Interview". Interview with Douglas Foster, www.motherjones.com. March 2000.

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• I believe we need a more opportunistic and democratic approach to lunar exploration, now that we're shifting from U.S. government-sponsored space exploration to private expeditions.

  Naveen Jain

  Believe, Government, Space

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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, Plans

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• Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Spiritual, Israel, America

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1970). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969”, p.947, Best Books on

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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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• 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 grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

  Tony Judt

  World, Social, Grew

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• I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.

  Jack Kemp

  Party, Growth, Economic

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• The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.

  Jack Kemp

  Growing, Levels, Problem

  "In His Own Words: Jack Kemp And The Issues", www.nytimes.com. August 11, 1996.

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• I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Lying, Heart, Knows

  "More Caroline: Spoke to Hillary, won't run if not selected" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. December 26, 2008.

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• If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Moving, Mean, Games

  "Aung San Suu Kyi: 'This government is not capable of running the economy'". TIME Interview, content.time.com. November 15, 1999.

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• It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Integrity

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• I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

  Dalai Lama

  Country, Thinking, Littles

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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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• The Giants are usually described as rag tag, kind of a great garage sale team, and the Democrats are described as the Mommies to the Republican Daddies; and everyone hates the mommies, but wait, wait - I didn't intend to get into the pathos and thrill of being a Democratic Giants fan.

  Anne Lamott

  Hate, Team, Daddy

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• I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side?

  Denis Leary

  Funny, Book, Humor

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• Al Jazeera aired a new tape of Osama bin Laden. It was the usual stuff, he called Bush evil, the Great Satan, called him a war monger. Basically, the same thing you heard at last night's Democratic debate.

  Jay Leno

  War, Night, Evil

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• With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

  Doris Lessing

  Book, Reading, Thought Provoking

  Doris May Lessing (1992). “African laughter: four visits to Zimbabwe”

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• The Democratic Party does not want anybody to have a photo ID because that would have a very negative impact on cheating! If you require a photo ID, that pretty much shuts out cheating.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Cheating, Party, Impact

  "MSNBC's Krystal Ball Slams Limbaugh 'Racism,' 'Offensive in Every Way You Can Be Offensive'". www.newsbusters.org. August 2, 2013.

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• Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.

  John Major

  Middle East, Bottles, Genies

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