“The bosses of the Democratic party and the bosses of the Republican party alike have a closer grip than ever before on the party machines in the States and in the Nation. This crooked control of both the old parties by the beneficiaries of political and business privilege renders it hopeless to expect any far-reaching and fundamental service from either.” StatesPoliticalNationsPartyRepublicanMachinesFundamentalsDemocraticPrivilegeReachingBossHopelessRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyCrookedBeneficiaries Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The Democratic party today is not so much a political party as a milling herd, and the herd is easily stampeded.” TodayPoliticalPartyDemocraticPolitical PartiesAmerican PoliticsDemocratic PartyHerds Author:Emmett Tyrrell