Democrat Quotes - Page 12

• We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.

  Carl Levin

  Mean, Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction

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• We've got some Democrats who are actually Tea Partiers right now. We need to build coalitions with them.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Insightful, Tea

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• The history and our experience shows that Democrats and Republicans think the same way in some cases, and their ideas aren't very different when it comes to international relations.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Thinking, Different, Republican

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• Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can't. After all, Mitt Romney's idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.

  Charles Schumer

  Jobs, Ideas, Accomplishment

  Chuck Schumer's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 5, 2012.

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• As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Cutting, Government, President

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

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• Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department.

  Harry Shearer

  Guy, Cheesy, Politics

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• The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.

  Simon Sinek

  People, Giving, Statistics

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• I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Running, Mistake, Party

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• When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?

  Ben Stein

  Party, Israel, Realizing

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• Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Anarchist

  Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “State Socialism and Anarchism and Other Essays”, Ralph Myles Pub

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• I'd like to say that right now, in the last few years, the Democrats have been closer - have been more pro-environment. The coal industry is pretty well entrenched in the Republican Party and that's one of the things that we need to phase out.

  Ted Turner

  Party, Years, Needs

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• I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.

  Jesse Ventura

  Believe, Thinking, Government

  FaceBook post by Jesse Ventura from Feb 01, 2016

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• Don't vote for a Democrat or Republican, I have never voted for one in my life and I never will.

  Jesse Ventura

  Vote, Republican

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• I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.

  Jesse Ventura

  Country, Party, Political

  Interview with George Stephanopoulos, www.newsbusters.org. April 4, 2011.

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• Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

  Jesse Ventura

  Tides, Form, Spineless

  "Jesse Ventura Challenges Hannity On Waterboarding: “I’ll Get Him To Say Obama Is The Greatest President” By Marcus Baram, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 22, 2009.

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• I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.

  Jesse Ventura

  Successful, Thinking, Government

  "Interview: Jesse Ventura biography". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• The thing is, and Americans are starting to realize this now, that while street gangs are violent, the Democrats and Republicans are worse. They are worse because their decisions affect your life.

  Jesse Ventura

  Decision, Realizing, Republican

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• Democrats have always historically referred to our families as working families, and I have sort of changed that moniker. I think what we have is a nation of worried families - families that are concerned about job security, families who thought their pensions were secure and now have questions.

  Tom Vilsack

  Jobs, Thinking, Worried

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• I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation.

  Scott Walker

  Hate, Thinking, Office

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• Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?

  J. C. Watts

  Believe, Government, Numbers

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• You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.

  J. C. Watts

  White, People, Black

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• In 1989 when I switched from Democrat to Republican, with God as my witness, not one thing changed about what I believed about one man and one woman in a marriage or about diversity of color. That's a good thing.

  J. C. Watts

  Men, Color, Diversity

  "J.C. Watts: Bringing Diversity and Faith to Washington". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983.

  Sandy Berger

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.

  Al Gore

  Country, Wmd, Mass Destruction

  Gore speech, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 23, 2002.

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• He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do.

  Henry Waxman

  Past, Wmd, Mass Destruction

  "Letters to the Editor". thetimes-tribune.com. May 23, 2010.

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