“I don't really try to get involved politically by giving money to politicians or by saying I'm a Democrat or Republican. Right now, I just view myself as an American.” GivingTryingViewsInvolvedPoliticianRepublicanRight NowDemocratGet InvolvedGiving Money Author:David Rubenstein
“I know the difference between venture capital[ism] and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism is a good thing, comes in, gives that gap funding to help these companies get off and get started creating jobs, and work. But Mitt Romney and Bain Capital were involved with what I call vulture capitalism. And they walked into Gaffney and took over that photo album company for no other reason than to basically pick the bones clean. And those people lost their jobs.” PeopleKnowsGivingReasonHelpingJobsLostDifferencesCompanyInvolvedRepublicanCreatingPicksCapitalismGood ThingsCleanAlbumsBonesGapsVentureRomneyFundingIsmsVultureVenture CapitalCreating Jobs Author:Rick Perry
“Scaling back the campaign finance reform bill may get more Republicans aboard, but it leaves many of us who have been involved in the reform movement for years in believing that we are doing something and accomplishing nothing.” YearsBelieveMayHas BeensMovementInvolvedRepublicanBillsCampaignsFinanceReformCampaign FinanceCampaign Finance ReformReform Movements Author:Robert Torricelli
“What does it mean when Republicans and Democrats alike warn us about the 'pain' involved in cutting government spending - in their spending less of our money? For the average citizen, what pain is there in his keeping more of his money to invest it the way he wants? Taxes cost people. Tax cuts do not cost government.” PeopleWayWantMeanDoeGovernmentPainPoliticalPoliticsCuttingCitizensInvolvedRepublicanCostTaxesDemocratAverageSpendingTax CutsGovernment SpendingSpending Less Author:Theodore J. Forstmann
“If you get the U.N. to say we're going to solve the Syrian problem, if you get the Russians involved in a productive posture, you are making progress, but the Republican core says no strategy or failed strategy.” IfsProblemProgressInvolvedRepublicanStrategySolveCoreProductivePosture Author:Juan Williams
“Republicans win when people are demoralized and you have a small voter turnout, which by the way is why they love voter suppression. I believe that our campaign up to now has shown that we can create an enormous amount of enthusiasm from working people, from young people, who will get involved in the political process and which will drive us to a very large voter turnout.” PeopleWayBelieveYoungPoliticalWinningI BelieveProcessAmountInvolvedRepublicanCampaignsEnormousEnthusiasmVotersGet InvolvedSuppressionDemoralizedVoter SuppressionVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican.” CertainInterestInvolvedRepublicanConservativeElitesFundamentalism Author:Jeff Sharlet
“[ James Comey] was acting in concert and coordination with the House Republicans. End of story. He gave a letter to them. They gave it to FOX News. Also, we have this extraordinary case of the KGB being involved in this race and selectively leaking things from the [Hillary] Clinton campaign that they hacked.” EndsStoriesHouseActingRaceCasesInvolvedRepublicanNewsLettersClintonExtraordinaryCampaignsConcertsFoxesFox NewsCoordinationHackedKgb Author:James Carville
“I will support whoever is nominated and named by the party. I, at this time, don't plan to get involved in the contest and let it go forward. I had my own contest, it didn't result in victory, and I will let voters decide what will happen. But I will support the Republican candidate.” HappensMy OwnResultsPartySupportPlansVictoryInvolvedRepublicanCandidatesVotersContestsGet InvolvedLet It Go Author:Marco Rubio
“I think [Republicans] would really like to rip up that [Iran nuclear agreement] and get a new one, but that's going to be very difficult. You, of course, have Russia involved in that.” ThinkingCoursesDifficultInvolvedRepublicanNuclearRussiaAgreementIranRip Author:George Stephanopoulos
“All I want to say is that anybody, well, from the Democratic side of the fence who thinks that - who's terrified of the possibility of President [Donald] Trump better vote, better get active, better get involved, because this man has got some momentum and we better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the Republican ticket.” ThinkingMenWantWellsFactsMightSidesPresidentPossibilityReadyTrumpInvolvedRepublicanVoteDemocraticActiveTicketsTerrifiedFenceGet InvolvedMomentum Author:Keith Ellison
“The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a difference in terms of moving the Republican Party, in terms of moving the country in a particular direction. It's a direction I disagreed with. But it showed that, in fact, you get involved, if your voice is heard it has an impact.” IfsGivingMadeCountryFactsMovingVoiceTermDifferencesPartyHeardParticularHugeInvolvedRepublicanImpactCreditTeaRepublican PartyGet InvolvedDisagreementTea Party Author:Barack Obama
“There are two reasons [ business people are not publicly anti-Donald Trump ], one is well-intentioned, which is the classic kind of American notion. We want to be inclusive, we want to have our shareholders, our employees, our customers, whether they are Democrat, Republican, Green or Libertarian, to feel comfortable with how we're doing business. And so that tends to be apolitical. People say, "No, no, I just simply shouldn't get involved in politics."” PeopleWantFeelsWellsKindTwoReasonTrumpInvolvedRepublicanComfortableGreenDemocratNotionCustomersLibertarianClassicEmployeeGet InvolvedShareholdersApolitical Author:Reid Hoffman
“If I see that something is wrong, I don't care who says it. Whether it's a Republican or Democrat, the left or the right. If they are on the opinion of the right thing, that's what I will talk about. I won't proselytize or make the strong things to influence other people about any particular politics, except the decency of things, the logic of things. That's why I don't get that much involved in politics directly.” PeopleIfsCareLeftStrongOpinionInfluenceParticularInvolvedRepublicanLogicDemocratDon't CareI Don't CareRight ThingDecency Author:Sergio Aragones