Tea Party Quotes - Page 2

• We had the 60s sexual revolution, and now people are dying of AIDS.

  Christine O'Donnell

  People, Dying, Revolution

  "Politically Incorrect", ABC, August 1, 1998.

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• [Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

  Patrick Henry

  Government, People, Tyranny Founding Fathers

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• They [Republicans] say, 'You're too conservative.' Was Thomas Jefferson too conservative? I'm tired of some people calling me wacky.

  Sharron Angle

  Tired, People, Calling

  "GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle is counting on conservative credentials" by Laura Myers, www.reviewjournal.com. March 20, 2010.

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• My experience...convinced me that tea was better than brandy, and during the last six months in Afica I took no brandy, even when sick taking tea instead.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Sick, Tea, Six Months

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• I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.

  Sharron Angle

  Needs, Firsts

  "The Rachel Maddow Show" with Rachel Maddow, www.nbcnews.com. August 13, 2010.

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• The greatest threat to America is not necessarily a recession or even another terrorist attack. The greatest threat to America is a liberal media bias.

  Lamar S. Smith

  Stupid, Silly, Media

  "Rep. Lamar Smith: ‘The greatest threat to America is a liberal media bias.’". thinkprogress.org. June 4, 2009.

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• Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.

  T. S. Eliot

  Window Panes, Tea, Vision

  T. S. Eliot (2014). “The Waste Land and Other Poems”, p.10, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You really have to wonder how long it will take for Tea Party devotees to realize just how badly they are being used.

  Rick Ungar

  Party, Long, Tea

  "Koch Brothers Behind Wisconsin Effort To Kill Public Unions". www.forbes.com. February 18, 2011.

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• It's really interesting that we've had this great Tea Party movement that is all about restoring free market capitalist values, but what they completely fail to understand is that what we've got now is a situation where there is a small class of gigantic financial companies that have put themselves above capitalism.

  Matt Taibbi

  Party, Class, Interesting

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• Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Party, Thinking

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• I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.

  Jimmy Carter

  Party, White, Government

  "Interview with Former President Jimmy Carter". "Larry King Live", www.realclearpolitics.com. September 20, 2010.

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• We've got to keep an eye on the battle that we face - a war on workers. And you see it everywhere. It is the Tea Party. And there's only one way to beat and win that war - the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight.

  James P. Hoffa

  War, Party, Eye

  "Hoffa on Tea Party: 'Take These Son-of-a-Bitches Out'". www.foxnews.com. September 5, 2011.

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• My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when you take the social media and you take the Tea Party citizens movement, you have a combination there that, quite frankly, 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had a chance.

  Herman Cain

  Party, Media, Years

  "Exclusive: Herman Cain Unveils Job Creation Plan". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. June 30, 2011.

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• The only tactic liberals have is to try to intimidate people into thinking that the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party is not a racist movement, period! If it were, why would the straw polls keep showing that the black guy is winning? That's a rhetorical question. Let me state it: The black guy keeps winning.

  Herman Cain

  Party, Winning, Thinking

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• Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war.

  Salman Rushdie

  War, Party, Tea

  "Shalimar the Clown". Book by Salman Rushdie, September 6, 2005.

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• Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cincinnati office targeted Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations for special scrutiny when those groups applied for tax-exempt status. There's no conceivable excuse for that. It was deeply, deeply wrong.

  Gail Collins

  Party, Humble, Organization

  "The Taxman Cometh". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. May 15, 2013.

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• The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.

  Jim DeMint

  Party, Tea, Politician

  "Interview: Sen. Jim DeMint on Tea Party, U.S. Debt, and God's Calling". Interview with Michelle A. Vu, www.christianpost.com. July 4, 2011.

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• Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.

  Jim DeMint

  Party, People, Tea

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• The Tea Party claims to want small government.

  Penn Jillette

  Party, Government, Tea

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

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• The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base, they may be willing to lose some elections in order to get rid of their base and put up a new base.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Order, Tea

  "Limbaugh: GOP Willing To Lose Some Elections In Order To Get Rid Of The Tea Party", www.realclearpolitics.com. December 13, 2013.

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• The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.

  Grover Norquist

  Powerful, Party, Issues

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• The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not?

  Bill O'Reilly

  Father, Party, Government

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• The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.

  Sarah Palin

  Smart, Party, Tea

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• You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in.

  Colin Powell

  Party, Believe, Thinking

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• Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.

  Michele Bachmann

  Party, Enough Already, Tea

  "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, transcripts.cnn.com. August 14, 2011.

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