“Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the American experiment in individual liberty, free enterprise and republican self-government could succeed only if power were widely distributed. And since in any society social and political power flow from economic power, they saw that wealth and property would have to be widely distributed among the people of the country. The truth of this insight is immediately apparent.” PeopleIfsMenWellsSelfCountryWisdomGovernmentPoliticalFatherPoliticsIndividualSocialWealthLibertyEnemyEconomySawsRightsEconomicRepublicanSucceedUnderstoodFlowPropertyInsightExperimentsLiberalismEnterpriseFoundingOur Founding FathersPolitical PowerFree EnterpriseIndividual LibertySelf-governmentEconomic Power Author:Ronald Reagan
“They say that Japan's rigorous building codes and regulations saved thousands of lives over there. Or, as Republicans here saw it, it 'fostered a socialist, anti-business environment that's worse than being dead.'” EnvironmentSawsBuildingRepublicanSavedCodeJapanRegulationSocialistBusiness Environment Author:Bill Maher
“For the first time the people of Iraq are united. Today on CNN I saw a Kurd, a Shiite and a member of the Republican Guard coming together to cart off a big screen TV.” PeopleFirstsBigsTodayTogetherUnitedSawsTvsRepublicanMembersFirst TimeIraqScreensCartsCnnComing TogetherBig ScreenKurds Author:Jay Leno
“Jim Gilmore was the only GOP candidate not invited to the Republican debates tonight, but I saw that he actually planned to live-tweet it. When he heard that, Jeb Bush was like 'Can I do that? I don't want to be here!'” WantSawsHeardRepublicanDebateCandidatesTonightInvitedTweetGop Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run? Sarah Palin, reading off her hand. Did you see that? You saw this? She wrote "tax cuts" on her hand. A Republican so stupid she has to be reminded of the one thing - Tax cuts! This is like if you saw the coyote's paw and it said "Road Runner".” IfsFeelsSaidHandsRunningKidsReadingNextSawsCuttingOne ThingStupidRepublicanTaxesNext TimeRunnersPalinTax CutsPawsCoyotesRoad Runner Author:Bill Maher
“I've always been progressive on social issues: pro-choice, pro-gun control, and pro-gay rights - even when I was a Republican. The big difference is that I once believed the private sector would address America's social problems. But then I saw firsthand that this wasn't going to happen.” ProblemBigsHappensAmericaChoicesSocialDifferencesIssuesSawsRightsRepublicanGayGunAddressesProgressiveGun ControlSocial IssuesPrivate SectorGay RightsSocial ProblemsPro GunPro Gun ControlPro Gay Author:Arianna Huffington
“Because many people remembered a time when the Republican Party was not so extreme, and hadn't full grasped how much it had changed, people blamed Obama for his failure to get Republicans to agree with him. That blame coloured so much of how the public saw Obama during his presidency. The public thought he was dealing with a brand of Republican leader that just didn't exist any more.” PeoplePartyLeaderSawsChangedRepublicanAgreeBlameExtremesBrandsRememberedPresidencyRepublican Party Author:Jonathan Chait
“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