“Forts, arsenals, garrisons, armies, navies, are means of security and defence, which were invented in half-civilized times and in feudal or despotic countries; but schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications, and if they are dismantled and dilapidated, ignorance and vice will pour in their legions through every breach.” IfsMeanCountryLinesHalfSecurityIgnoranceRepublicanArmyVicesCivilizedNavyDefenceArsenalLegionBreachFortsArmy NavyFortification Book:Common School Journal Source: Common School Journal
“If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the election would be an election between the vice presidential candidates. It'd be just like the regular election, except it would be one step down.” IfsKindTwoWould BeStepsRepublicanElectionFundamentalsDemocratCommittedVicesReformPresidentialCandidatesVice PresidentPresidential Candidate Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect historians will use Palin as an example of how insane America became in the decade following the destruction of the World Trade Center, and her origin story will seem as extraterrestrial and eccentric as Abe Lincoln jumping out of a window to undermine a voting quorum in 1840.” WorldYearsTwoStoriesUseSeemsAmericaPresidentPartyExampleRepublicanHundredWindowDestructionTradeVicesFollowingDecadesInsaneDesperateVotingSuspectsHistorianRepublican PartyJumpingInclinationEccentricVice PresidentPalinNominationsWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterExtraterrestrialAbe Book:I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) Source: I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)
“You're more likely to vote Democratic if you hate Republicans than if you love Democrats, and vice versa.” IfsHateRepublicanVoteDemocraticDemocratVicesVice Versa Author:Kevin Drum
“I have said many times in the past I don't choose to be vice president, either Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or vegetarian.” SaidPastPresidentRepublicanDemocratVicesLibertarianVegetarianVice President Author:John McCain
“Donald Trump didn't know the [Democratic] vice presidential candidate he was running against: Tim Kaine [Senator] of Virginia, Donald! Not Thomas Kean, Republican [former Governor] of New Jersey, you moron! And his answer to absolutely every question is so simplistic and grand: "Oh, I'll fix it. Trust me. I'm the best fixer. I love to fix!!! Look at everything I've fixed before!!!!".” KnowsLooksRunningAnswersTrumpRepublicanDemocraticVicesFormerPresidentialFixedCandidatesGovernorsSenatorsTrust MeJerseyVirginiaVice PresidentMoronNew JerseyPresidential CandidateFixers Author:Chrissy Teigen