Republican Quotes - Page 8

• I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!

  Edward Condon

  Regret, Ireland, I Can

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• Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.

  Zach Wamp

  Cutting, Economy, Program

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• The Republican Party, as much as it pains me to say this, should be ashamed of themselves.

  David Stockman

  Pain, Party, Should

  "60 Minutes Promotes Washington's 1098 Income Tax Initiative, Stahl Hails Stockman as 'Brave' for Wanting Tax Hikes" by Brent Baker, www.newsbusters.org. November 1, 2010.

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• The Ryan plan isn't a budget. It's the last will and testament of the Republican party.

  David Stockman

  Party, Lasts, Testament

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• While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Supportive, President, Voters

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• Low unemployment numbers are clear indicators that Republican tax relief and economic policies are spurring growth and helping businesses hire new workers while providing American families with job security.

  J. D. Hayworth

  Jobs, Numbers, Growth

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• I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.

  Alphonso Jackson

  Party, I Realized, Republican Party

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• I'd be honored to be playing a Republican, although I'm not.

  Joe Lando

  Honored

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• I believe that the only people who really, truly benefit from any of the policies of Republicans are the wealthy. I'm in that 1 percent tax bracket, but I'm not a man of wealth.

  Questlove

  Believe, Men, People

  "Interview: How Questlove Stays Occupied" by Aaron Ross, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2011.

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• The Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it.

  Elizabeth Drew

  Election, Stealing, Plans

  "Voting Wrongs" by Elizabeth Drew, www.nybooks.com. September 21, 2012.

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• I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican.

  Marion Barry

  Law, Stories, Slavery

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• If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

  Chauncey Depew

  Lying, Party, Promise

  "If Elected I Promise: Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians". Book by John F. Parker, 1969.

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• A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.

  J. C. Watts

  Men, Voting, Black

  "Foreign trip, domestic gamble" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2003.

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• The left claims that Republicans hate Hispanics, which is just the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard, and the right just claims all we need to do is close the borders and do nothing else, which is also ridiculous.

  Raul Labrador

  Hate, Borders, Needs

  "Is Labrador GOP immigration key?" by Marin Cogan, www.politico.com. June 19, 2011.

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• I agree with Clyde Wilson that America can’t be saved or returned to its roots until the Republican Party is destroyed.

  Thomas DiLorenzo

  Party, America, Roots

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• In this day and age, where the Democrat and Republican parties are no longer the voice of Main Street, but the puppets of Wall Street, it is natural that a Third Party should appear to champion the traditionally conservative proposition that the Constitution is the blueprint for the operation of the government of the United States.

  Gatewood Galbraith

  Wall, Party, Government

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• If I use Facebook to stay in touch with my high school friends who are church-going Republicans, I may be getting more ideological diversity than in hanging out with secular progressives on the World Politics sub-reddit.

  Ethan Zuckerman

  School, Diversity, Church

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• Republicans know well that a change of rhetorical pace is necessary. But efforts by their leaders to damp down the bellicosity of newly elected Tea Party types is running into the fact that the Tea Partiers have only the high volume setting on their amplifiers, just like Palin. They're like a couple having a fight at a funeral; politely sotto voce, then suddenly bursting out fortissimo with their plaints and accusations.

  Alexander Cockburn

  Running, Couple, Party

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• I have not contended for Democrat, Republican, Protestant or Baptist for an agent. I have worked for freedom, I have laboured to give my race a voice in the affairs of the nation.

  Sarah Winnemucca

  Race, Voice, Giving

  Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (2015). “The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins's Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864-1891”, p.252, U of Nebraska Press

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• I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Independent, Funny Graduation, Principles

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• Broadway is such a diverse community. Everybody knows how I believe, and everyone believes, and it's not a big deal. But in Hollywood, if you talk about politics - especially if you're a Republican - or spirituality, it's just not something people want to hear about.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Believe, People, Community

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• The Republican movement have not behaved properly over the years. They have not themselves implemented the Agreement. If they had implemented the Agreement then they would have disarmed completely in May 2000, that is what they undertook to do, that is what they failed to do.

  David Trimble

  Agreement, Years, Movement

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• [The Republican plan will] make sure we bring down the cost of health care for all Americans and that ensures affordable access for all Americans and is pro-life because it will not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government.

  Virginia Foxx

  Senior, Government, Pro Life

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• The Children's Health Insurance Program has given Democrats a wide-open door for socialized medicine. The door was left open by Republicans, who were in the majority when we passed the original legislation in 1997.

  Jack Kingston

  Children, Doors, Medicine

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• Democrats are losing loyal voters, but the Republicans aren't picking them up. Democrats are ideologically bankrupt. Republicans have a major brand-identity problem

  Herman Cain

  Identity, Loyal, Voters

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