“To the cheater, there is no such thing as honesty, and to Republicans the idea of serving the public good is counterfeit on the face of it they never felt such an urge, and therefore it must not exist.” IdeasFacesFeltHonestyRepublicanUrgesServingCounterfeitPublic GoodCheater Book:Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America Source: Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America
“I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner.” KindLongBookLiteratureFeltWrittenFiguresCallingRepublicanProjectsAskingDemocratDinnerBonesAll KindsHatedUncomfortable Author:Bob Woodward
“I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.'” FeelsWellsRunningOpportunityNationsFeltCallingRepublicanOfficeDoctorsCongressSurgeonsFlattered Author:Richard Carmona
“People don't realize that by voting Republican, they voted against themselves....I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don't know anything about the Iraqis, but they're angry and frustrated in their own lives. It's like Germany, before Hitler took over. The economy was bad and people felt kicked around. They looked for a scapegoat. Now we've got a new bunch of Hitlers.” PeopleKnowsIdeasWarFeltRealizingWorryEconomyRepublicanAngryBunchGermanyVotingFrustratedScapegoatVoting Republican Author:Linda Ronstadt
“I've said that, that I've felt like as Christians and particularly even as Republicans, we needed to address issues that touched the broader perspective, and that included disease, hunger, poverty, homelessness, the environment.” SaidChristianFeltPovertyIssuesEnvironmentPerspectiveNeededRepublicanDiseaseHungerAddressesTouchedHomelessnessHunger Poverty Author:Mike Huckabee
“Consider that in a galaxy far, far away (otherwise known as the 1990s), President Clinton felt that he had to assure an isolationist Republican Congress - repeat after me, an isolationist Republican Congress - that the 20,000 U.S. peacekeeping troops he promised Bosnia as part of the Dayton Accords would only stay deployed for a single calendar year.” YearsFeltPresidentKnownRepublicanClintonCongressRepeatsFar AwayTroopsGalaxyAccordCalendarsPresident ClintonPeacekeepingBosnia Author:Matt Welch