Republican Quotes - Page 24

• I don't necessarily support Romney, I don't consider myself a Republican. I'm pretty much an independent.

  Sean Duffy

  Independent, Support, Romney

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• Sure, there's a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It's an unfair perception, but it exists. Over a period time, that perception will die away if Republicans are focusing on issues that happen to impact African-Americans.

  Artur Davis

  Party, Impact, Issues

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• For three decades, Democrats and Republicans worked together to make our environment better.

  Christopher Dodd

  Together, Three, Environment

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• Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.

  Dick Durbin

  Cutting, Important, Pressure

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• If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it and families can't afford it. We're going to see people turned down from pre-existing conditions. We're going to find the Medicare doughnut hole - a gap in coverage that's going to hurt a lot of seniors.

  Dick Durbin

  Senior, Hurt, People

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• God is not a franchise of the Republican Party.

  Dick Durbin

  Party, Republican Party

  "Controversial Democratic platform gets a rewrite". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. September 6, 2012.

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• Let me tell you, the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat. And every president since, Democrat and Republican, have stood closely with Israel.

  Dick Durbin

  Israel, Harry Truman, President

  "Durbin Dodges Questions on No 'God,' 'Jerusalem' in Democratic Party Platform". Interview with Bret Baier, nation.foxnews.com. September 5, 2012.

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• The Democratic party has gone so far to the left that people just can't relate to it anymore and the Republican party is trying to go totally to the right.

  Glenn Danzig

  Party, People, Trying

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• There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.

  Howard Dean

  Running, Party, Thinking

  "Newt Gingrich, Howard Dean Talk Race, Economy and Elections". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. July 25, 2010.

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• So I've always been kind of an apocalyptic kind of kid, and looking back at the movies I've done, there's some kind of apocalypse in them. So that must be what scares me... besides Republicans.

  Joe Dante

  Kids, Scare, Done

  "Interview: Joe Dante on the horrors of 'The Hole'". www.mtv.com. September 27, 2012.

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• I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Independent, Would Be, Middle

  "High Price for Jobs; Obama Getting Ready to Counter; Aurora Victims' Fund". "Erin Burnett OutFront" with Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper, edition.cnn.com. August 31, 2012.

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• Well, dissent is the tradition in America, and I've been on the side of dissent a good bit of my career, particularly in the last many years of the Republican Congress.

  Lloyd Doggett

  Years, Careers, America

  "Interview with Rep. Lloyd Doggett". "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 6, 2009.

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• The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Minorities, Sides, Rhetoric

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• Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income.

  Mark Dayton

  Support, Income, Minimum Wage

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• I'm not a Republican, and I'm not a Democrat.

  Ronnie Dunn

  Democrat

  "Sam Moore Doesn't Mind Stepping In for Jennifer Holliday at Trump's Inaugural Concert (Q&A)" by Erik Hayden, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 17, 2017.

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• Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

  Bob Etheridge

  Office, Levels, Corruption

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• I'm a Republican, by the way.

  Charles Evers

  Way

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• I'm a Republican. I may go into politics myself.

  Lou Ferrigno

  May

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• If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.

  Tommy Franks

  Government, Mass Destruction, Allies

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• Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light.

  Virginia Foxx

  Light, Effectiveness, Accountability

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• If I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party.

  Chuck Grassley

  Party, Four, Very Good

  "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", www.nbcnews.com. August 17, 2009.

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• I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Men, Proud

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• Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Thinking, Wells

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• The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Past, Years

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• We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.

  Ed Gillespie

  Maybe Tomorrow, Office, President

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