“The value of science to a republican people, the security it gives to liberty by enlightening the minds of its citizens, the protection it affords against foreign power, the virtue it inculcates, the just emulation of the distinction it confers on nations foremost in it; in short, its identification with power, morals, order and happiness (which merits to it premiums of encouragement rather than repressive taxes), are considerations [that should] always [be] present and [bear] with their just weight.” PeopleGivingShouldMindValuesOrderNationsLibertyMoralVirtueSecurityBearsCitizensRepublicanTaxesWeightEncouragementProtectionMeritDistinctionConsiderationEnlighteningIdentificationEmulation Book:Public and private papers Source: Public and private papers
“When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think anyone who can vote should vote; Republicans think everyone who should vote can vote.” ThinkingShouldRightsRepublicanVoteDemocratProtectionVotingVotersFraudCrowdedRight To VotePollingVoter Fraud Author:Christine Pelosi
“It is unfortunate that some in our party have lost sight of the importance of conservation and environmental protection for keeping America strong, healthy, prosperous, and secure. It's time for all of our Republican leaders to recognize that conservation is conservative.” AmericaLostStrongPartyLeaderHealthyRepublicanSightImportanceEnvironmentalConservativeProtectionSecureUnfortunateConservationProsperousEnvironmental Protection Author:David Jenkins
“The Republican program is the profit-protection program for the insurance industry It's a bill of goods, it's a bill of wrongs. Ours is a patients' bill of rights.” RightsIndustryRepublicanProgramBillsPatientProfitProtectionGoodsBill Of Rights Author:Edward Kennedy
“The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a seven-hundred-thousand-dollar study to see if Alaskan trees are polluting Oregon forests. You can tell Republicans are in power. Pollution? It's those damn trees.” IfsStudyTreeRepublicanThousandHundredDollarsEnvironmentalSevenProtectionForestsDamnAgencyPollutionConductingEnvironmental ProtectionOregonAlaskans Author:Jay Leno
“I was really shocked after all of this talk about coal miners and all of this talk about Buy America, the Republicans and the House of Representatives gutted health care and pension protections for coal miners and removed the Buy America provision that had been put in the bill in a bipartisan basis.” CareAmericaHouseRepublicanBasesBillsProtectionHealth CareRepresentativesShockedCoalProvisionPensionBipartisanMinersHouse Of RepresentativesCoal Miners Author:Claire McCaskill
“What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.” WantTrumpRepublicanFinancialProtectionConsumersFrankRegulationDodd Frank Author:Elizabeth Warren
“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