Republican Quotes - Page 14

• The Republican Party is a much bigger tent than people give it credit for. We have a lot of what I guess you all call moderate Republicans.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Party, People, Giving

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. March 7, 2004.

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• On Capitol Hill, House Republicans have been doing our part. We've been hard at work developing policies that will help empower all Americans. We're beginning to see results. We reduced taxes for everyone.

  Dennis Hastert

  House, Empowering, Helping

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• They will avoid ... those Overgrown Military establishements which ... are ... particularly hostile to Republican liberty.

  George Washington

  Military, Evil, Liberty

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• I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans.

  Mickey Kaus

  Energy, More Time, Spending

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• As a Republican, I am all for competition.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Competition

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• A good place to start a more civil dialog would be for my Republican colleagues in the House to change the name of the bill they have introduced to repeal health care reform. The bill, titled the "Repeal the Job Killing Health Care Law Act," was set to come up for a vote this week, but in the wake of Gabby's shooting, it has been postponed at least until next week. Don't get me wrong - I'm not suggesting that the name of that one piece of legislation somehow led to the horror of this weekend - but is it really necessary to put the word "killing" in the title of a major piece of legislation?

  Chellie Pingree

  Jobs, Stupid, Weekend

  "For Gabby’s Sake, Republicans Should Change the Name of Their Health Care Repeal Bill" by Chellie Pingree, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 09, 2011.

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• Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican Party. Conservative movement and tea party movement... People like Karl Rove liked to keep the racism very covert. And so Herman Cain provides this great opportunity say you can say ‘Look, this is not a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-female, anti-gay movement. Look we have a black man!'” Garofalo hypothesized. “Look he’s polling well and won a straw poll!

  Janeane Garofalo

  Stupid, Party, Gay

  "Janeane Garofalo To Keith Olbermann: ‘Herman Cain Hides The Racist Elements Of The Republican Party’" by James Crugnale, www.mediaite.com. September 29, 2011.

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• Is there such a thing as a man-made stroke? In other words, did someone do this to (Democratic Senator Tim Johnson)? ...I know what this [Republican] party is capable of.

  Joy Behar

  Stupid, Party, Men

  "The 20th Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting". humanevents.com. December 19, 2007.

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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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• It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed.

  Kendrick Meek

  Leadership, Real, Issues

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• A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced.

  Charles Inglis

  Fear, Rebellion, Violent

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• I wonder if it's possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.

  Hillary Clinton

  Christian, Politics, Wonder

  C-SPAN broadcast, June 21, 2004.

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• If you ask what's best for the country, vote Republican. If you ask how will you get more money from the government, vote Democrat

  Dennis Prager

  Country, Government, Vote

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• But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.

  George Washington

  Government, Law, Confusion

  George Washington (1851). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.216

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• Writing recently in the New York Times, David Brooks noted correctly if belatedly that conservatives disdain for liberal intellectuals had slipped into disdain for the educated class as a whole, and worried that the Republican Party was alienating educated voters. I couldn't care less about the future of the Republican Party, but I do care about the quality of political thinking and judgment in the country as a whole.

  Mark Lilla

  Country, New York, Party

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• There was a time when conservative intellectuals raised the level of American public debate and helped to keep it sober. Those days are gone. As for political judgment, the promotion of Sarah Palin as a possible world leader speaks for itself. The Republican Party and the political right will survive, but the conservative intellectual tradition is already dead. And all of us, even liberals like myself, are poorer for it.

  Mark Lilla

  Party, Leader, Political

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• The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country.

  Ed Markey

  Country, Party, Rights

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• My father stood behind a bar in the back of the room all those years, so one day I could stand behind a podium in the front of a room. That journey, from behind that bar to behind this podium, goes to the essence of the American miracle - that we're exceptional not because we have more rich people here. We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Father, Journey

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• Fifty-five years ago, when my dad was a penniless teenager, thank God some well-meaning bureaucrat didn't put his arm around him and say let me take care of you.

  Ted Cruz

  Dad, Teenager, Years

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• With all their attack ads, the President is just throwing away money...and he's pretty experienced at that.

  Paul Ryan

  President, Politics, Throwing

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• They've got a Jobs Council that never meets. A Democratic Senate that doesn't act. A President who doesn't believe and a Vice President who won't stop talking. They just don't get it.

  Thomas G. Stemberg

  Jobs, Believe, Talking

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• Here is their plan. Whistle a happy tune while driving us off a fiscal cliff as long as they are behind the wheel of power when we fall.

  Chris Christie

  Fall, Long, Tunes

  Speech at the Republican National Convention, www.foxnews.com. August 28, 2012.

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• I've come to realize that Barack Obama is the tattoo president. Like a big tattoo, it seemed cool when you were young. But later on, that decision doesn't look so good, and you wonder: what was I thinking? But the worst part is you're still going to have to explain it to your kids.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Tattoo, Kids, Thinking

  "Pawlenty's 5 best Obama punchlines" by Kevin Cirilli, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• Obama hasn't been working to earn reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour!

  Mitch McConnell

  Reelection, Politics, Spots

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• The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?

  Paul Ryan

  Responsibility, Men, Years

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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