Republican Quotes - Page 21

• My policy is I will help any policymaker who asks, whether they be a Republican or a Democrat.

  Mark Zandi

  Helping, Democrat, Policy

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• I can't go out with a Republican.

  Madeleine Albright

  I Can

  "I loved what I did" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2003.

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• T]he state Republican chairman, Gaylord Parkinson, postulated what he called the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.

  Ronald Reagan

  Speak, Politician, States

  Ronald Reagan (2011). “An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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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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• I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war.

  Orson Scott Card

  War, Light, Government

  "The Only Issue This Election Day". www.realclearpolitics.com. November 6, 2006.

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• If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if you have enough blindness left in you, on any plea, on any excuse, to vote for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party (for at present machine and party are one), or for any candidate who does not stand for a new era, -- then you yourself pass into the slide of the magic-lantern; you are an exhibit, a quaint product, a curiosity of the American soil. You are part of the problem.

  John Jay Chapman

  Party, Curiosity, Magic

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• I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.

  Leon Panetta

  Responsibility, Thinking, Leader

  "Defense Secretary Leon Panetta". "This Week" with Jake Tapper, abcnews.go.com. May 27, 2012.

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• I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.

  George McGovern

  Character, Made, Has Beens

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• I've thought about it, not a lot, but I thought my relationship with Congress - the Democrats and Republicans - would help me get some things done. Not everything, but at least they'd be willing to try.

  Bob Dole

  Trying, Done, Helping

  "Bob Dole: Great American" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, www.gq.com. June 25, 2012.

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• John Connally's conversion to the GOP raised the intellectual level of both parties.

  Frank Mankiewicz

  Funny, Humorous, Party

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• The Democrats believe that if God did not want them to raise taxes, He would not have created the Internal Revenue Service.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humorous, Party

  "Dave Barry's Bad Habits". Book by Dave Barry, September 15, 1993.

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• The Democrats planned to fiddle while Rome burned. The Republicans were going to burn Rome, then fiddle.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Humorous, Party

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.30, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Somebody should tell Jerry Falwell that God is an Independent . . . he's not rich enough to be a Republican.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, God, Humorous

  Bob Hope (2004). “Bob Hope”, Hyperion

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• Democrats have become very good at electing very bad Republicans

  Ralph Nader

  Inspirational, Democrat, Very Good

  Ralph Nader (2009). “The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap”, p.29, Harper Collins

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• I've gotten balanced coverage and broad coverage - all we could have asked. ... For heaven sakes, we kid about the liberal media, but every republican on earth does that.

  Pat Buchanan

  Kids, Media, Heaven

  "Think Again: How Conservatives Treat Media Bias (Hint: Confusingly)" by Eric Alterman, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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• Republicans now have their own network in Fox, so guys who don't like to answer questions, like Trent Lott, have a place to go to hit softballs.

  James Carville

  Softball, Liberal Media, Guy

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• Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.

  Jim Hightower

  Political, Politics, Empty

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• I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making of special laws in order to protect their fortunes. I also know they have no compassion for the masses of the people in this country who are without money and who are, many of them, without food or houses. I have always thought that only as a Democrat, reflecting Jefferson and Jackson, could justice ever be done the people because, at this moment in history, ours is the only party which is even faintly responsive to the force of ideas.

  Samuel J. Tilden

  Country, Real, Party

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• JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.

  Kitty Kelley

  Believe, Bishops, Used

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• So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are.

  Tony Campolo

  Jobs, Party, Commitment

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• Most Evangelicals claim to be politically non-partisan, and say they only identify with the Republican Party because the Republicans are committed to 'family values.

  Tony Campolo

  Party, Claims, Family Values

  "The Surprising Evangelical Support for Newt Gingrich" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 27, 2012.

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• The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.

  John Major

  Country, Army, Years

  "Former PM John Major: 'British don't turn tail' from terror". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. September 10, 2003.

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• The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.

  Ed Rollins

  Hate, Party, Levels

  "Bachmann's former campaign chief - shame on you, Michele" by Edward Rollins, www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2012.

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• I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will after a period of time become a strong opposition party.

  Ed Rollins

  Strong, Party, Failing

  "Commentary: Stop throwing dirt on GOP 'grave'" by Ed Rollins, www.cnn.com. May 14, 2009.

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• I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.

  Ed Rollins

  Summer, Running, California

  "Commentary: Stop throwing dirt on GOP 'grave'" by Ed Rollins, www.cnn.com. May 14, 2009.

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