“If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.” PeopleIfsDifferentPartyRepublicanStandardsDemocraticDemocratSupposed To BePoliteDemocratic Party Author:Dannel Malloy
“I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.” ThinkingMayLittlesPresidentEffortResponsibilityRepublicanStandardsDemocratCongressResistingMacsMae Author:William J. Clinton
“Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates were secured by increasing the bonded debt for current expenses or refusing to keep our institutions up to the standard in repairs, extensions, equipment, and accommodations. I refuse, and the Republican Party refuses, to endorse that method of sham and shoddy economy.” GovernmentPastFoundPartyEconomyRepublicanTaxesLowsStandardsEconomicsMethodInstitutionsRateCurrentsRefuseDebtExpensesExtensionsRepublican PartyEquipmentBargainsSampleSecuredAccommodations Author:Calvin Coolidge
“A republican form of government requires four standards: It demands a highly educated population manifesting critical thinking that participates in the affairs of the nation. It requires that citizens invest in a similar moral code. It insists on a mutual ethical system abided by all. It must engender a single language whereby all citizens can discuss, debate, come to resolution and initiate mutual beneficial action for their society.” ThinkingGovernmentActionFormLanguageNationsMoralFourCitizensRepublicanDemandStandardsAffairPopulationCriticalDebateEducatedCodeMutualResolutionEthicalManifestBeneficialCritical ThinkingForms Of GovernmentInitiateMoral Code Author:Frosty Wooldridge
“Whether it's a sitting president when I was an impeachment manager, or a Republican president who has taken liberties with adherence to the law, to me the standard is the same.” LawPresidentLibertyTakenRepublicanStandardsSittingManagersAdherenceImpeachment Author:Bob Barr
“There is a sinister anachronistic interpretation of the aesthetic state as some kind of totalitarian regime that puts aesthetic over moral standards; one associates it with national-socialism. But this has nothing to do with the romantics, whose ideal of the aesthetic state has much more to do with the republican tradition.” KindStatesMoralRepublicanStandardsIdealsTraditionSocialismInterpretationAestheticRegimesAssociatesSinisterTotalitarian Regimes Author:Frederick C. Beiser
“Now the Republicans have a very low-scale, by economic standards, base. Donald Trump has.” EconomicTrumpRepublicanLowsStandardsScales Author:Mark Shields
“I will tell you my position now, as somebody who is ardently against [Donald Trump], as the sort of standard-bearer of the Republican Party and as sort of an impostor in the conservative movement, is, frankly, cautiously optimistic.” PartyMovementPositionTrumpRepublicanStandardsConservativeOptimisticRepublican Party Author:Margaret Hoover
“Look, I'm a conservative, I'm a very conservative guy, and - and the Trump campaign is making your job over at NBC really, really, really easy in terms of going after conservatives and Republicans if he's the standard bearer for conservatism.” IfsLooksJobsGuyEasyTermTrumpRepublicanStandardsConservativeCampaignsConservatismNbc Author:Ben Shapiro