Party Quotes - Page 39

• Louis XVI started to die on June 21st 1791. For his flight tore away the veil of that false constitutional monarchy, and once more confronted the Patriot party with the whole problem of the revolution's future.

  Francois Furet

  June, Revolution, Veils

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• A good party man puts his party above himself and his country above his party.

  Winston Churchill

  Country, Men, Politician

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• I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear. Nothing lately has unsettled my party and raised my fears as much as your editorial, on Thanksgiving Day, suggesting that employees should be required to state their beliefs in order to hold their jobs. The idea is inconsistent with our constitutional theory and has been stubbornly opposed by watchful men since the early days of the Republic.

  E. B. White

  Jobs, Fear, Men

  E. B. White (1989). “The Letters of E. B. White”, Perennial

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• They [the Labour Party] are not fit to manage a whelk stall.

  Winston Churchill

  Political, Fit, Manage

  "The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill".

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• Disloyalty is the secret weapon of the Tory Party.

  Julian Critchley

  Political, Secret, Weapons

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• The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.

  Richard J. Daley

  Political, Politics, Democratic

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• The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservation and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Two, Political, Innovation

  "The Cycles of American History". Book by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., p. 23, 1986.

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• The greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the twentieth century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal wing of the Democratic Party that ended segregation. The fact is that it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who gave hope to a nation that was in despair and could have slid into dictatorship. And the fact is, every Republican has much to learn from studying what the Democrats did right.

  Newt Gingrich

  Fighting, Wings, America

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• The trouble with the Labour Party is that they don't really believe in Socialism, but they cannot wholeheartedly approve of private enterprise either.

  Jo Grimond

  Believe, Political, Politics

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• The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by those of Aristocrats and Democrats, Cote Droite and Cote Gauche, Ultras and Radicals, Serviles and Liberals. The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a Whig by nature.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Strong, Men

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.298, Algora Publishing

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• If I could not go to Heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Political, Heaven, Politics

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.585

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• The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the party of the past. His speeches are generalities from Poor Richard's Almanac. Their platform, made up of left-over Democratic planks, has the courage of our old convictions. Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo-and today there can be no status quo.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Past, Political

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• And as long as America must choose, that long will there be a need and a place for the Democratic Party. We Democrats can run on our record but we cannot rest on it. We will win if we continue to take the initiative and if we carry the message of hope and action throughout the country. Alexander Smith once said, 'A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.' Let us continue to plant, and our children shall reap the harvest. That is our destiny as Democrats.

  Robert Kennedy

  Running, Country, Children

  Robert Francis Kennedy (1967). “The Quotable Robert F. Kennedy”

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• There is always some basic principle that will ultimately get the Republican party together. If my observations are worth anything, that basic principle is the cohesive power of public plunder.

  Anselm J. McLaurin

  Political, Together, Principles

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• The opposing party rarely causes so much angst as does one's own.

  Dick Morris

  Political, Doe, Politics

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• The key to controlling your own political party, so that it does not eat you alive, is to realize that while Democratic and Republican leaders differ sharply, their voters do not.

  Dick Morris

  Keys, Leader, Political

  Dick Morris (2007). “The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century”, p.96, St. Martin's Press

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• We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich.

  Ronald Reagan

  America, People, Political

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan" by Ronald Reagan, p. 558, 1982.

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• Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes split into quarters - which grind on each other. Not only individuals but states have thus a confirmed dyspepsia.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Opposites, Two, Political

  Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). “Thoreau: Political Writings”, p.120, Cambridge University Press

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• When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are you going to offer for preaching it, teaching it, extending it, perpetuating it? Shall you say, the best good of the country demands allegiance to party? Shall you also say it demands that a man kick his truth and his conscience into the gutter, and become a mouthing lunatic, besides?

  Mark Twain

  Country, Teaching, Men

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• The Labour Party is going about the country stirring up apathy.

  William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

  Country, Political, Apathy

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• Now before going to a party, I just tell myself to listen with affection to anyone who talks to me... to try to know them without my mind pressing against theirs, or arguing or changing the subject. No. My attitude is: "Tell me more. This person is showing me his soul. It is a little dry and meager and full of grinding talk just now, but presently he will begin to think, not just automatically to talk. He will show his true self. Then he will be wonderfully alive."

  Brenda Ueland

  Attitude, Thinking, Self

  Brenda Ueland (1993). “Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings”, Holy Cow Press

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• This is Huntress placing Panta four-five, four-six on battle stations, I repeat battle stations, time one-two-four-one. Authenticate hotel romeo, all parties acknowledge with initials.

  Jeremy Powell

  Two, September 11, Battle

  New 9/11 Tapes: Audio And Full Transcripts, news.sky.com. September 8, 2011.

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• The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

  Harold Wilson

  Political, Moral, Crusades

  Speech at Labour Party Conference 1 Oct. 1962, in The Times 2 Oct. 1962

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• The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience.

  Paul Keating

  Political, Conviction, Convenience

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• All of the elements of the comic way tend to spread to others, insinuating joy where it was previously absent. Conversation has a way of leaping among persons, as it does at parties and celebratory gatherings. Storytelling always begets storytelling. It is difficult to watch others at play without wanting to join them. This is not only a human phenomenon, for researchers have consistently noted that animals at play are often imitated by other animals. So wherever it is possible to initiate a playful activity, it will have a good chance of replicating itself through other parts of the system.

  Joseph Rusling Meeker

  Animal, Play, Joy

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