“It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and the Senate, or the caucus of the party which happens to be in the majority, the absolute dictator of the financial and business affairs of this country. This scheme surpasses all the centralism and all the Caesarism that were ever charged upon the Republican party in the wildest days of the war or in the events growing out of the war.” WarCountryStatesHappensHouseUnitedPartyUnited StatesGrowingEventsRepublicanPaperAbsolutesMajorityAffairFinancialSenateRepresentativesDictatorSchemesRepublican PartyTreasuryHouse Of RepresentativesCaucusPaper Money Author:James A. Garfield
“the miserable specimens who call themselves ' liberals ' are really conservatives: they're desperately even hysterically defending a welfare-warfare kleptocracy that is now at least four generations old, against growing numbers of us (unlike Republicans , who seem to become more ignorant with every passing year) who have actually managed to learn something from history and are struggling to dismantle said kleptocracy.” YearsSaidSeemsNumbersStruggleFourGrowingGenerationsRepublicanPassingIgnorantPassingsMiserableWelfareWarfareFour Generations Author:L. Neil Smith
“We are Republicans. But we are Americans first. It is as Americans that we express our concern with the growing confusion that threatens the security and stability of our country.” FirstsCountryGrowingSecurityRepublicanConcernConfusionOur CountryStability Author:Margaret Chase Smith
“In trying to explain our political paralysis, analysts cite President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for important legislation. These are large factors to be sure, but that list neglects what may be the biggest culprit of all: the childishness, ignorance, and growing incoherence of the public at large.” TryingMayImportantPoliticalPresidentGrowingIgnoranceRepublicanMajorityListsFactorsRisingNeglectPresident ObamaSenateLegislationThresholdAnalystsParalysisPartisanshipCitingObstinacyTacticalCulpritChildishnessIncoherenceFilibuster Author:Jacob Weisberg
“I think if we had another set of policies for - not the crisis years, but after that, that we might be growing faster. But we didn't. And some of that was Republicans' [fault], by the way.” IfsThinkingWayYearsMightGrowingPolicyRepublicanCrisisFaultsFaster Author:Jamie Dimon
“The minority vote is growing, which is part of the alarm of so many Republicans and why Trump constantly whipped up their alarm with his racist statements.” GrowingTrumpRepublicanVoteStatementsMinoritiesRacistAlarms Author:David Remnick
“I remember having meetings with Republican senators who initially had been trying to engage [Obamacare] but saw that the politics of 'no' were growing inside the Republican Party.” TryingRememberPartySawsGrowingRepublicanMeetingsSenatorsRepublican PartyObamacare Author:Barack Obama