Party Quotes - Page 17

• For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.

  J. C. Watts

  Games, Community, Political

  "J.C. Watts Warns of GOP Catastrophe Amongst African-Americans" by Jonathan Stein, www.motherjones.com. October 24, 2007.

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• If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Country, Gun, Law

  "Harvey Weinstein Calls for Filmmaker Summit on Violence in Movies After Colorado Shooting" by Pamela McClintock, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 26, 2012.

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• The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.

  J. C. Watts

  Impact, People, Agendas

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• Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

  Florence Welch

  People, Social, Feels

  "The unstoppable rise of Florence Welch" by John Harris, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2010.

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• What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.

  Ida B. Wells

  Lynching, Punishment, Tables

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• I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

  Paul Wellstone

  Wings, Politics, Pumpkin

  Paul Wellstone (2001). “The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda”, p.226, Random House

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• The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.

  Alexander Pope

  Bible, War, Biblical

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• I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party.

  Allen West

  Believe, Progressive, Communist

  "The Death Of Facts In An Age Of 'Truthiness'". "All Thnigs Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. April 29, 2012.

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• Bury me smilin' with G's in my pocket, Have a party at my funeral let every rapper rock it Let the hoes that I used to know, from way before Kiss me from my head to my toe, Gimme a paper and pen so I can write about my life of sin, Couple bottles of gin, in case I don't get in.

  Tupac Shakur

  Couple, Writing, Kissing

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• When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.

  Allen West

  Military, Views, Perspective

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• I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Voting, Conservative, Labour

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• The two things that matter the most to me: emotional resonance and rocket launchers. Party of Five, a brilliant show, and often made me cry uncontrollably, suffered ultimately from a lack of rocket launchers.

  Joss Whedon

  Emotional, Two, Matter

  "50 Joss Whedon Quotes For His 50th Birthday" by Kevin P. Sullivan, www.mtv.com. June 23, 2014.

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• At parties, I'll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, 'Forget it,' and then start eating things.

  Kristen Wiig

  Talking, Dumb, Forget

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

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• Political nature abhors a vacuum, which is what often exists for a year or two in a party after it loses a presidential election.

  George Will

  Years, Two, Presidential

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• Sarah Palin, who with 17 months remaining in her single term as Alaska's governor quit the only serious office she has ever held, is obsessively discussed as a possible candidate in 2012. Why? She is not going to be president and will not be the Republican nominee unless the party wants to lose at least 44 states.

  George Will

  Alaska, Office, President

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• Since the emergence of the Republican Party, only two Democratic presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, have been followed by Democrats, and both FDR and JFK died in office, so their successors ran as incumbents.

  George Will

  Two, Office, President

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• I think the truth is that the Labour Party isn't believed any more because people suspect it will say anything to get votes. The rebuilding of some radical alternatives to Thatcherism - and by that I mean all-party Thatcherism - will require us to do some very difficult things

  Tony Benn

  Mean, Thinking, People

  Tony Benn (1990). “The end of an era: diaries, 1980-90”, Vintage

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• All our officers and fighters must always bear in mind that we are the great People's Liberation Army, we are the troops led by the great Communist Party of China. Provided we constantly observe the directives of the Party, we are sure to win.

  Mao Zedong

  Army, Winning, People

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.57, Lulu.com

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• If you've got a cat and a leg, you've got a happy cat. If you've got a cat and two legs, you've got a party.

  George Carlin

  Stupid, Cat, Two

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• It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet by the fight because it is a sham-fight; thus most of us know by this time that the Party System has been popular only in the sense that a football match is popular.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Football, Fighting, Quiet

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• I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people who are here lawfully. I, as chair of this commission, would not be a party to any system that I felt was an unpardonable intrusion into the private lives of people. If I felt that what we are recommending would be such an intrusion I can assure you that recommendation would never have seen the light of day, not even as a pilot program.

  Barbara Jordan

  Rights, Light, Careers

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• He was a parade all by himself, a burst of dazzle and jingle, Santa Claus drinking his whiskey straight and groaning with a bellyache... Babe Ruth made the music that his joyous years danced to in a continuous party... What Babe Ruth is comes down, one generation handing it down to the next, as a nation heirloom.

  Jimmy Cannon

  Baseball, Drinking, Years

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• If some of this art is not for you, that's fine. Art appreciation is a subjective matter, and we each bring our own experience, knowledge and taste to the party.

  Michael Audain

  Appreciation, Art, Matter

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• My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Long, Liberty, Succeed

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.31, Best Books on

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• The liberal party is a party which believes that, as new conditions an problems arise beyond the power of men and women to meet as individuals, it becomes the duty of the government itself to find new remedies with which to meet them.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Believe, Men, Liberty

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.29, Best Books on

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