Republican Quotes - Page 27

• It's no surprise I am addicted to all the Republican presidential candidates. They are like crack -- in that they will devastate black communities.

  Stephen Colbert

  Community, Presidential, Black

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• I believe, if done correctly, eliminating Saddam and liberating Iraq could be the ‘Normandy Invasion’ or ‘fall of the Berlin Wall’ of our generation...the Iraqi people are eager to be rid of Saddam, and there is equally encouraging evidence that republican principles could thrive there.

  Pete Hegseth

  Wall, Believe, Fall

  "Meet Kagan’s Astroturf Military Attackers" by Adam Weinstein, www.motherjones.com. June 30, 2010.

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• Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People.

  Caleb Cushing

  Government, People, Gentleman

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• I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think the Right is correct to stress merit and earned rewards, not handouts and forced equality. But I think what Republicans are blind to is that power corrupts.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Stress, Thinking, Income

  "Interview: Jonathan Haidt on Social Conservatives, New Atheists and Civility in Politics". Interview with Napp Nazworth, www.christianpost.com. May 15, 2012.

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• I would never want the show to be a Democrat show or Republican show, because for us the show's more important than that. It isn't for everybody else in the world, but it is for us.

  Matt Stone

  Important, World, Want

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

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• Why wouldn't we consider doing to Islamic extremists what Glenn Greenwald does routinely to Republicans?

  Stewart Baker

  Islamic, Doe, Extremist

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• Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

  Pete du Pont

  Strong, Jobs, Giving

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• I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!

  Edward Condon

  Regret, Ireland, I Can

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• Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.

  Zach Wamp

  Cutting, Economy, Program

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• The Republican Party, as much as it pains me to say this, should be ashamed of themselves.

  David Stockman

  Pain, Party, Should

  "60 Minutes Promotes Washington's 1098 Income Tax Initiative, Stahl Hails Stockman as 'Brave' for Wanting Tax Hikes" by Brent Baker, www.newsbusters.org. November 1, 2010.

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• The Ryan plan isn't a budget. It's the last will and testament of the Republican party.

  David Stockman

  Party, Lasts, Testament

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• While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Supportive, President, Voters

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• Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.

  A. Philip Randolph

  Enemy, Looks, Wages

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• Everyone knows if a Republican comes out of the closet and sees a gay shadow, it means six more years of a Democratic administration.

  Jon Stewart

  Mean, Gay, Years

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• And now we're suffering the logical culmination of all this: the largest group of government-hati ng, racist, homophobic, misogynistic know-nothing, climate-change denying, evolution-denyi ng, science-denying , anti-immigrant House Republicans in history, bent on taking America back to the 19th century.

  Robert Reich

  America, Government, House

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• Republicans will need to work hard to capture the Latino vote instead of their current strategy of capturing Latinos.

  Stephen Colbert

  Hard Work, Needs, Vote

  "Stephen Colbert Mocks Mitt Romney’s ‘Latino Problem", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2012.

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• It's very clear you have to engage the public and say: You have to vote no on 74, no on 75, no on 76, no on 77. Those are the issues that Arnold pushing. And those are reactionary, Republican initiatives.

  Warren Beatty

  Issues, Engagement, Pushing

  Interview with Carla Marinucci, www.sfgate.com. October 9, 2005.

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• If its platform is any guide, the Republican party is staunchly pro-life until you are actually born.

  Andy Borowitz

  Party, Pro Life, Guides

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Sep 21, 2011

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• Every Republican that I know of ran on the full repeal of Obamacare...The voters have spoken.

  Steve King

  Obamacare, Voters, Ran

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• I believe that the only people who really, truly benefit from any of the policies of Republicans are the wealthy. I'm in that 1 percent tax bracket, but I'm not a man of wealth.

  Questlove

  Believe, Men, People

  "Interview: How Questlove Stays Occupied" by Aaron Ross, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2011.

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• I'd be honored to be playing a Republican, although I'm not.

  Joe Lando

  Honored

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• I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.

  Alphonso Jackson

  Party, I Realized, Republican Party

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• The Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it.

  Elizabeth Drew

  Election, Stealing, Plans

  "Voting Wrongs" by Elizabeth Drew, www.nybooks.com. September 21, 2012.

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• It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election.

  Malcolm Wallop

  Party, Believe, Insanity

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• If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

  Chauncey Depew

  Lying, Party, Promise

  "If Elected I Promise: Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians". Book by John F. Parker, 1969.

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