“..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows.” ThinkingMenNeedsBelieveMayTwoReasonHandsGovernmentOpinionDemocracyWiseShareAdviceDeserveOppositesFellowsDemocratDoctrineFallenWickedTrustedIrresponsibleCommonwealthTwo Opposites Author:C. S. Lewis
“The Democrats' agenda isn't working for women. Their vision has produced big government and limited opportunity. Our vision is for limited government and opportunity for all. Women deserve better than what President Obama has delivered.” BigsGovernmentOpportunityPresidentVisionDeserveDemocratAgendasPresident ObamaLimited GovernmentBig GovernmentDeserve Better Author:Reince Priebus
“The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.” SaidGovernmentLimitsDemocratCentral Government Author:Mia Love
“If the pendulum swings, it may swing to a combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and, thus, to a period of minority government or coalition, in some form.” IfsMayGovernmentFormPeriodsDemocratCombinationMinoritiesSwingsCoalitionsPendulumsMinority Government Author:Vince Cable
“I vote Democrat because I believe oil companies profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon at 15% isn't.” BelieveGovernmentI BelieveCompanyVoteDemocratProfitOilVotingGasObsceneGallonsOil Companies Author:David Letterman
“I vote Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.” BelieveGovernmentJobsI BelieveVoteDemocratSpendingVotingBetter Jobs Author:David Letterman
“I vote Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrat Party sees fit.” NeedsGivingShouldBelieveGovernmentI BelievePartyBreakFitVoteDemocratProfitVotingBreak Even Author:David Letterman
“There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the money touch, but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.” MenSaidWarGovernmentCertainNationsPeaceLinesPowerfulLeaderGenerationsIdealsEssenceDemocratGiftedVery PowerfulAbsolutely NothingAristocracyPlutocracy Book:The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914 Source: The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914
“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat! If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone 'America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership.'” IfsFactsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalNationsPartyMoralWatchesOughtMembersJokesDiedDemocratOrganizedReportsDelusionPolitical PartiesGreat NationsTombstoneMoral Leadership Author:Will Rogers
“The real issue, as far as Democrats are concerned, is the number of people receiving something from the government. This is exactly what Franklin Delano Roosevelt had in mind when he created this monster. And Clinton is planning to expand it beyond Roosevelt's wildest dreams.” PeopleMindRealDreamGovernmentNumbersIssuesConcernedClintonDemocratMonstersPlanningReceivingFranklinWildest DreamsFranklin Delano Roosevelt Book:See, I Told You So Source: See, I Told You So
“This is so classic. Government comes along under the guise of fairness, fixes something, gonna make it fair, gonna make it equal, gonna make it affordable, maybe even make it free. What they end up doing is blowing it all to hell, screwing it up worse than it's ever been screwed up, then their voters bellyache and complain about it. And the same Democrats come back and demand that something be done, because their voters need a second chance.” NeedsEndsDoneGovernmentChanceHellDemandEqualFairsDemocratComplainingClassicVotersFairnessSecond ChanceAffordableScrewed UpGuiseBlowing It Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The big problem for a democratic government - democrat with a small "d" - is how to hold down government spending.” ProblemBigsGovernmentDemocraticDemocratSpendingBig ProblemsGovernment SpendingDemocratic Government Author:Milton Friedman
“Liberalism is dead, so dead that Democrats have all become moderate Republicans, and the heavy hand of Big Government is now limp and damp and trembly.” HandsBigsGovernmentRepublicanDemocratHeavyLiberalismModeratesBig GovernmentDamp Author:Garrison Keillor
“The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians reject both extremes in favor of the government leaving control of your life to you.” TwoGovernmentDesireLibertyOur LivesRepublicanDemocratLeavingExtremesLibertarianFavorsRejectsTwo ExtremesControl Of Your Life Author:Michael Badnarik
“I think it should be made clear that the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, they have not got into bed together; they are merely sharing a room.” ThinkingShouldMadeGovernmentTogetherRoomsClearBedDemocratConservativeCoalitions Author:Gyles Brandreth
“Every man that tried to destroy the Government, every man that shot at the holy flag in heaven, every man that starved our soldiers... every man that wanted to burn the negro, every one that wanted to scatter yellow fever in the North, every man that opposed human liberty, that regarded the auction-block as an altar and the howling of the bloodhound as the music of the Union, every man who wept over the corpse of slavery, that thought lashes on the naked back were a legal tender for labour performed, every one willing to rob a mother of her child - every solitary one was a Democrat.” MenHumansChildrenWarGovernmentWantedMotherHeavenLibertyHistoryWillingHolyShotsSlaveryUnionsDemocratSoldierEvery ManNakedBlockCivil WarLabourYellowFlagsSolitaryCorpsesAltarsFeverAmerican Civil WarLashesAuctionsYellow FeverBloodhounds Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“Washington, under Democrats and Republicans, has a profoundly neurotic attitude toward 'the people.' It is built on equal parts of suspicion, loathing, fear, respect and dependence.” PeopleGovernmentAttitudeRepublicanEqualBuiltDemocratSuspicionDependenceNeuroticLoathing Author:Meg Greenfield
“the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this - in spite of what they call modern Republicanism - is the antithesis of true Republican thinking.” PeopleThinkingArtGovernmentPoliticalProcessPartyVisionImpossibleRiskModernProduceExpressionRepublicanDiversityEssenceMajorityDemocratEngagedSpiteExplorationOverwhelmingPolitical PartiesBoldnessAntithesisRepublicanismBoldness And Courage Author:Marya Mannes