“Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing.” Quote by McGeorge Bundy
“They [Nicaragua] haven't had elections because they are in a state of seige by the United States. They would have had elections if the U.S. had left them alone. But the U.S. has mounted a full scale war against them. So how can you ask them to behave normally?” IfsWarStatesAsksLeftUnitedUnited StatesHavensElectionScalesBehaveAmerican PoliticsNicaragua Author:Allen Ginsberg
“Reagan "has conducted an arms race on earth," boomed Mondale. A race generally implies two parties. The Soviets contributed a little bit to this problem, if Mondale had not noticed.” IfsLittlesTwoProblemEarthBitsPartyRaceArmsLittle BitAmerican PoliticsArms Race Author:Hugh Sidey
“The national Democratic leadership is going so far left, they've left America. Don't let them bury the American dream in their graveyard of gloom and envy.” DreamAmericaLeftDemocraticEnvyAmerican DreamAmerican PoliticsGloomGraveyardDemocratic Leadership Author:Ronald Reagan
“The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.” PartyLeaderDemocracyDemocraticCommunismAmerican PoliticsDemocratic Party Author:Jack Kemp
“Third parties in America gravitate not only to the extremes, but to irrelevance. (John Anderson's upcoming presidential campaign will undoubtedly confirm both tendencies.)” AmericaPartyThirdsExtremesCampaignsTendenciesPresidentialAmerican PoliticsThird PartiesPresidential CampaignIrrelevance Author:Charles Krauthammer
“The meeting [in San Antonio of the National Women's Political Caucus] featured a cattle show at which a herd of Democratic candidates- Glenn, Cranston, Mondale, Hart, and Hollings- pantingly pantomined their fidelity to feminism, stopping just short of a pledge to use nuclear weapons against any states that omit to ratify the Equal Right Amendment.” StatesUseShowsPoliticalFeminismEqualWeaponsDemocraticMeetingsNuclearCandidatesAmendmentsNuclear WeaponsStoppingAmerican PoliticsPledgeFidelityHerdsCattleAntonioHartCaucusSan Antonio Author:Daniel Seligman
“Would anyone else like to say anything nice about women?” NiceSay AnythingAmerican Politics Author:Ted Koppel
“My good friend Walter Mondale is a good lapdog. He'll give them [special interest groups] everything they want. He'll lick every hand.” WantGivingHandsInterestGroupsSpecialGood FriendAmerican PoliticsSpecial InterestsInterest GroupsSpecial Interest GroupsWalter Mondale Author:Ernest Hollings
“Reaganism is not only at odds with the Judeo-Christian heritage, it will not work.” ChristianHeritageOddsAmerican PoliticsChristian Heritage Author:George McGovern