Democratic Quotes - Page 30

• 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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• During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames.

  Michelle Malkin

  Summer, Flames, Obamacare

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• One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We're also supporting processes to ensure that the political dialogue among the Congolese themselves takes place so that the people there can decide their future.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Uganda, People, Political

  Thabo Mbeki (2002). “Africa Define Yourself”

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• After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs.

  Mitch McConnell

  Jobs, Government, Leader

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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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• The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing.

  Jon Meacham

  Children, Real, Hard Work

  "Keeping the Dream Alive" by Jon Meacham, content.time.com. June 21, 2012.

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• Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either.

  Jon Meacham

  War, President, Thumbs

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• Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.

  Angela Merkel

  War, Europe, Two

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• Personally I find the democratic chaos of the Internet fascinating, and for the most part really benign.

  Moby

  Chaos, Internet, Benign

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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 wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.

  Robert Mugabe

  Commitment, Agreement, House

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

  Elon Musk

  Independent, Republican, Moderates

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Research confirms that both Republican and Democratic women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate and fight for bills that champion social justice, protect the environment, advocate for families, and promote nonviolent conflict resolution.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Fighting, Justice, Champion

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• In the run-up to the 1992 Democratic convention, Clinton's campaign realized that voters thought the young governor had a privileged upbringing. They didn't buy his alleged concern for the middle class.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Running, Class, Campaigns

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• The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Government, Evil, Democracy

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• The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.

  Ralph Nader

  Party, Doors, Differences

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• Interviewing is not a democratic art.

  Andrew O'Hagan

  Art

  "Vanishing act" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2007.

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• And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the 'mob' - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.

  Camille Paglia

  Party, Wish, Ordinary

  "Obama’s Healthcare Horror". Salon Column, www.salon.com. August 12, 2009.

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• Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim to speak for the poor and dispossessed, Democrats have increasingly become the party of an upper-middle-class professional elite, top-heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers.

  Camille Paglia

  Party, Class, Ordinary

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• I am a conservative Republican, a firm believer in free market capitalism. A free market system allows all parties to compete, which ensures the best and most competitive project emerges, and ensures a fair, democratic process.

  Sarah Palin

  Party, Conservative, Republican

  "Where does Palin stand?". www.sbs.com.au. August 23, 2013.

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• Campaign boot camp started as an opportunity to work in a grassroots way with people who were running for Congress. Colleagues on the Democratic National Committee were batting around different possibilities. I said, 'We should have boot camps.'

  Christine Pelosi

  Running, Opportunity, Should Have

  "Christine Pelosi's boot camp trains future politicians to avoid the campaign minefield" by Sam Whiting, www.sfgate.com. February 3, 2008.

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• Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Jobs, Cutting, Priorities

  "Pelosi finally weighs in on tax deal" by Matt Negrin, www.politico.com. December 7, 2010.

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• All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and debt, and the American people have had it.

  Mike Pence

  White, People, House

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2010.

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• Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live.

  Shimon Peres

  Ocean, Mean, Opportunity

  "We in Israel welcome the Arab spring" by Shimon Pere, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2011.

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• My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.

  Shimon Peres

  Struggle, Heart, Sacrifice

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