“We can't wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship. Now, this is where I differ with everybody on the Republican side. Make no mistake, today, not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one. When they talk about legal status that is code for second-class status.” TodayWaitingSidesMistakeClassPathRepublicanEqualCodeCandidatesConsistentlyCitizenshipClass Status Author:Hillary Clinton
“I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that "slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice;" while I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that much-lauded but nowhere accredited dogma of Mr. Jefferson, that "all men are born equal.” MenBornRepublicanEqualStonesSlaveryCornersAbsurdSentimentsDogmaReservesEdifice Book:Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond: Of South Carolina Source: Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond: Of South Carolina
“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
“Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.” PaySupportRepublicanEqualEqual Pay Author:Cathy McMorris Rodgers
“The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, however it might be received in some other quarters, could not possibly be permitted by one who feels a responsibility for living up to the traditions and maintaining the principles of the Republican Party. Our Constitution guarantees equal rights to all our citizens, without discrimination on account of race or color. I have taken my oath to support that Constitution.” FeelsMightPoliticalPartyRaceResponsibilityPrinciplesSupportTakenRightsGroupsColorCitizensRepublicanEqualTraditionAccountsConstitutionPopulationDiscriminationCivil RightsAfrican AmericanGuaranteesQuartersSuggestionsRepublican PartyMaintainingEqual RightsOathPolitical Rights Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Today, unfortunately, the right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans try to undermine and suppress voting rights.” TryingSeemsTodayPoliticalPoliticsJusticePartyDemocracyIssuesRightsPolicyRepublicanEqualEthicsVoteStrategyDemocratIdeologyGuaranteesVotingFree SpeechPolitical PartiesEqual RightsPartisansRight To VotePartisanship Author:Donna Brazile
“Hillary Clinton has a real history of uniting people, of being able to work with both Republicans and Democrats, of trying to fight for people's equal rights. Whereas we really see the polar opposite in her opponent.” PeopleTryingRealAbleFightingRightsRepublicanEqualOppositesClintonDemocratOpponentsEqual RightsUnitingPolar Opposites Author:Natalie Portman
“I think just focusing on the wealth of these cabinet picks misunderstands [Donald] Trump's economic strategy here, which is going to be equal parts traditional Republican economics.” ThinkingWealthEconomicTrumpRepublicanEqualPicksEconomicsStrategyTraditionalCabinets Author:Rich Lowry
“Everyone, everyone is equal. Everyone has a place. No one is written off because there is worth and goodness in every life. Straight from the declaration of independence, that is the Republican ideal. And if we won't defend it, who will?” IfsWrittenRepublicanEqualGoodnessIdealsIndependenceDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceEveryone Is Equal Author:Paul Ryan
“The Republican establishment, the Democrat establishment agree and accept that the media is an equal player in the ruling class. Trump has blown all of that out the window. As such, the normal ways that people in politics are controlled, the normal way that people are contained - the ways people are promoted, punished, destroyed, what have you - are all out the window where Trump is concerned. And therefore the media is considered by the ruling class to be one of the great leveling factors.” PeopleWayAcceptingClassPlayerMediaTrumpRepublicanEqualNormalConcernedWindowAgreeDemocratFactorsDestroyedControlledEstablishmentRuling Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I believe that all people are deserving of equal dignity and also equal protection. I also believe in science. And those are three things the Republican party platform doesn't believe in.” PeopleBelieveI BelievePartyRepublicanEqualDignityProtectionRepublican PartyDeserving Author:Stephan Jenkins