Party Quotes - Page 7

• We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America.

  Marco Rubio

  Positive, America, Migrants

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• I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party. That's not who we are and that's not who we should be we should be the pro-legal immigration party.

  Marco Rubio

  Challenges, Immigration, Who We Are

  "Marco Rubio Calls For GOP to Chill on Immigration Rhetoric" by Bryan Llenas, www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2012.

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• At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world.

  Karl Rove

  Two, Views, Different

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• As you know, the Australian Labour Party is committed to turning the country into a republic. We've not stipulated a timeline for doing that. We are sensitive to the other priorities we've got as a nation and in the world, but in time the country will head in that direction.

  Kevin Rudd

  Country, Priorities, World

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• Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

  Karl Rove

  Republican, Establishment, Republican Party

  Spiegel Interview, www.spiegel.de. October 19, 2010.

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• People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.

  Mitt Romney

  Self Esteem, Long, People

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• What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Peace, War, Law

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2123, Delphi Classics

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• The flock gets sight of a spot of blood on some chicken and they all go to peckin' at it, see, till they rip the chicken to shreds, blood and bones and feathers. But usually a couple of the flock gets spotted in the fracas, then it's their turn. And a few more gets spots and gets pecked to death, and more and more. Oh, a peckin' party can wipe out the whole flock in a matter of a few hours, buddy, I seen it. A mighty awesome sight. The only way to prevent it—with chickens—is to clip blinders on them. So's they can't see.

  Ken Kesey

  Couple, Rip, Sight

  Ken Kesey (2002). “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (SparkNotes Literature Guide)”, SparkNotes

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• I think that when Americans go to vote, states should not list what party the candidates are affiliated with. That would require voters to actually think and get to know a candidate instead of voting for their favorite gang. 'Oh, this guy is a Republican, so he must be good.'

  Jesse Ventura

  Thinking, Guy, Voting

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• I would give the people of America to their first opportunity to elect a president who doesn't belong to either party since George Washington.

  Jesse Ventura

  Opportunity, America, People

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• The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party.

  Linda Tripp

  Loyalty, Firsts, Corruption

  "Linda Tripp on 'Larry King Live'". www.cnn.com. February 9, 2001.

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• Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

  Alice Walker

  Confused, Government, People

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• During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

  Emma Thompson

  Jobs, Election, Selling

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• I don't see anybody categorized as a 'fashion diva,' except for me! And I like that. I am thought of as a diva because I wear an evening dress and I take care of my look when I go out. I go to parties regarding business, not for fun. And that's why they call me a 'diva.'

  Donatella Versace

  Fashion, Fun, Care

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

  Years, Needs, Coal

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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 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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• 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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• Because we believe that our ethnic group, our society, our political party, our God, is better than your God, we kill each other.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Believe, Political, Society

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• I do not support the third party movement anymore. I now advocate the abolishment of all political parties. We've allowed the parties to take over the government.

  Jesse Ventura

  Government, Support, Political

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• You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens.

  Jesse Ventura

  Groups, Problem, Stereotype

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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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• 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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• I threw my 20th birthday party at Brown, and I didn't even have to say to anyone not to put pictures on Facebook. Not a single picture went up. That was when I knew I'd found a solid group of friends, and I felt like I belonged.

  Emma Watson

  Groups, 20th Birthday, Single Picture

  "Emma Watson In ‘Marie Claire’: Talks Working Childhood, ‘Protective’ College Classmates", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 3, 2010.

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• I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.

  J. C. Watts

  Thinking, Choices, Pro Life

  "Live Chat: Congressman J.C. Watts". The ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.

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