Democrat Quotes - Page 31

• Clearly, God is a Democrat.

  Patrick Caddell

  God

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• I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct, nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying.

  Mark Twain

  Lying, People, Democracy

  1898 Notebook, ch.31, Feb ^ Mar.

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• The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

  Aristotle

  Equality, Thinking, All Things

  Aristotle, Stephen Everson (1996). “Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens”, p.120, Cambridge University Press

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• As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is the Republicans are Socialists and the Democrats are Bolsheviks.

  Cleveland Amory

  Differences, Republican, Politician

  Cleveland Amory (1980). “The trouble with nowadays: a curmudgeon strikes back”, G K Hall & Co

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• I've done work for both Democrats and Republicans.

  Mark Zandi

  Done, Republican

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

  Mark Zandi

  Helping, Republican, Policy

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• You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.

  Charles Kennedy

  Trade, Describing

  "Kennedy: trade unionists are not 'wreckers'" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2002.

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• I'm a complete democrat in terms of who buys my books.

  Julian Barnes

  Book, Term

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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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• Democrats inhabit the low shores of Puget Sound, mostly on its eastern side, in a ragged trail of port-cities that stretches from Bellingham, close to the Canadian border, through Everett, Seattle, and Tacoma, to Olympia, the state capital, at the southern end of the sound.

  Jonathan Raban

  Cities, Southern, Sides

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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 said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and we can fix that."

  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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• 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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• Democrats have become very good at electing very bad Republicans

  Ralph Nader

  Inspirational, Republican, Very Good

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

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• There's a big conservative press unabashedly and for the Democrats and even people to the left of the Democratic party, there's almost virtually no outlets that you can compare with the vast array of conservative press that's out there.

  William J. Clinton

  Party, Liberal Media, People

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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, Republican

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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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• My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.

  Nancy Reagan

  Mother, Southern

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• When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win.

  Ed Rollins

  Philosophy, Moving, Winning

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

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• The American doctrinaire is the converse of the American demagogue, and, in this way, is scarcely less injurious to the public. The first deals in poetry, the last in cant. He is as much a visionary on one side, as the extreme theoretical democrat is a visionary on the other.

  James F. Cooper

  Principles, Visionaries, Way

  "The American Democrat: Or, Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America". Book by James F. Cooper, 1838.

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• There's a lot of Democrats, myself included, who have supported right-to-life.

  Joe Manchin

  Right To Life

  "W.Va. Gov. In No Rush To End Race". Interview with Brian Goldsmith, www.cbsnews.com. May 9, 2008.

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• I am perfectly happy to compromise whether it's with Democrats or anybody else, as long as we're reducing the size of government.

  Ted Cruz

  Government, Long, Size

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• After the Democrats shoved the 2700 pages of ObamaCare down our throats - and we did find out how expensive, controlling, and coercive the legislation was - a majority of Americans wanted the Supreme Court to toss it aside as unconstitutional.

  Bob Beauprez

  Obamacare, Majority, Pages

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