“If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsShouldFactsPoliticalViewsCuttingRepublicanTaxesBenefitsCrisisWealthyHealth Benefits Author:John Podhoretz
“My view is, Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter, my view is I'm in Washington to try to work with people.” PeopleTryingMatterViewsRepublicanDemocrat Author:Mark Pryor
“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
“Electing pro-choice Republican women can help foster a discussion that reflects the full spectrum of views and can lead to a more balanced and responsible public dialogue.” HelpingChoicesViewsRepublicanResponsibleDialogueDiscussionBalancedSpectrum Author:Linda Lingle
“What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.” DoneAmericaCommunityViewsRepublican Author:Tom Vilsack
“He seems like a nice charming guy. [Mike Huckabee] doesn't believe in evolution and has some nutty views about what it is we should do about ending violence in our inner city—we should make sure all of our young people are armed. Republicans scare me.” PeopleShouldBelieveSeemsYoungGuyViewsCitiesNiceViolenceEvolutionRepublicanScareCharmingMikeInner CityNutty Author:Elizabeth Edwards
“I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.” PeopleThinkingViewsRepublicanProgressiveModeratesPartisans Author:Mitt Romney
“I'm not a Republican, but I have some conservative views on certain things. I'm not a Democrat, either. It's just very difficult that these people hate each other over a belief. I think it all comes down to ego and competitiveness.” PeopleThinkingCertainHateBeliefDifficultViewsRepublicanEgoDemocratConservativeCompetitiveness Author:Mike Tyson
“I'm convinced Mr. Reagan would never be elected- I don't think his views are held by a majority of the American people...it's the Republican party that's going to be committing suicide by nominating candidates of that genre.” PeopleThinkingViewsPartyRepublicanSuicideMajorityConvincedGenreCandidatesRepublican PartyAmerican PoliticsCommitting SuicideNominating Author:John Anderson
“My views tend to be centrist. I'm not a big fan of George W., but my politics tend to be more Republican than not.” BigsViewsFansRepublican Author:Jeffrey Skoll
“Americans are quite skeptical about the goal of promoting democracy. People feel it's a desirable goal, but, from a commonsense point of view, both Republicans and Democrats have come to the conclusion that democracy is something that countries can only come to on their own.” PeopleFeelsCountryGoalViewsDemocracyRepublicanDemocratPoint Of ViewConclusionDesirablePromotingSkeptical Author:Daniel Yankelovich
“I view the United States, today, much like East Berlin. And I'm off the grid. I've tried for 20 years to warn the country about the Democrats and Republicans, and nobody's listening.” YearsCountryStatesTodayPoliticalPoliticsCommunityUnitedViewsPartyTechnologyUnited StatesDemocracyGenerationsPolicyListeningRepublicanEthicsDemocratHuman RightsIndividualityTerrorismEastIdeologyFree SpeechPolitical PartiesDisobedienceBerlinCivil DisobedienceGridsEast Berlin Author:Jesse Ventura
“In Sumter and other counties [in South Carolina] the whites are resorting to intimidation and violence to prevent the colored people from organizing for the elections. The division there is still on the color line. Substantially all the whites are Democrats and all the colored people are Republicans. There is no political principle in dispute between them. The whites have the intelligence, the property, and the courage which make power. The negroes are for the most part ignorant, poor, and timid. My view is that the whites must be divided there before a better state of things will prevail.” PeopleStillsStatesPoliticalPoliticsLinesPoorViewsPrinciplesViolenceColorRepublicanRelationElectionPropertyDemocratSouthIgnorantAfrican AmericanDivisionDividedDisputesRace RelationsCountyCarolinaIntimidationSouth Carolina Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“As far as party primaries are concerned, both Republican - and Democratic - Party primaries are dominated by the most zealous voters, whose views may not reflect the views of most members of their own respective parties, much less the views of those who are going to vote in the November general election.” MayViewsPartyRepublicanMembersConcernedVoteElectionDemocraticPrimariesVotersDemocratic PartyNovemberZealousGeneral Elections Author:Thomas Sowell
“In my view, Democrats and Republicans work together too little, and I would try to change that if I got to be president. And when it came to radical Islam, I would go after them before they come back here again.” IfsTryingLittlesTogetherPresidentChangeViewsRepublicanDemocratIslamRadicalWorking TogetherRadical Islam Author:Lindsey Graham
“In my view, republican primary debates ought to be moderated by people who would vote in a primary.” PeopleViewsOughtRepublicanVoteDebatePrimaries Author:Ted Cruz
“What if I say that in my view about the least Christian thing you could do is what the Republican party are trying to doing again now, which is try to take charge of the richest country in the world and then deny the people of that country free access to free healthcare and free education and start more wars.” PeopleIfsWorldTryingWarCountryChristianViewsPartyRepublicanDenyAccessWhat IfHealthcareRepublican PartyFree Education Author:Robert Montgomery
“You have two people who I would classify as extremists. Donald Trump because of his behavior and Ted Cruz because of his views, leading the Republican Party.” PeopleTwoViewsPartyTrumpRepublicanBehaviorRepublican PartyExtremistCruz Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“I have prided myself with striving for objectivity, something many literary-minded critics dismiss as impossible. But in Washington, reporters are practically the only people who actually spend time talking to Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, and I find the longer I report in Washington, the mushier and less conclusive my own views are. I like it that way.” PeopleWayMy OwnViewsTalkingImpossibleRepublicanDemocratCriticsStriveReportsReportersEnd TimesSpend TimeObjectivity Author:Jon Weisman
“There is no doubt in my view that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee.” ViewsDoubtTrumpRepublicanNo Doubt Author:Geraldo Rivera
“I don't feel burdened, but I do feel a little frustrated. Because I see the problem, and I can see the solution - but there are two strongly different points of view on this - like the Republicans and Democrats.” FeelsLittlesI CanTwoDifferentProblemViewsRepublicanSolutionsDemocratPoint Of ViewFrustratedDifferent Points Of View Author:Donna Karan
“Conservatism's not the answer. The Republican Party has to reach out, moderate and modify its views to be able to accommodate radical Democrats, minorities, and so forth.” AbleAnswersViewsPartyRepublicanDemocratRadicalMinoritiesReach OutRepublican PartyModeratesConservatismAccommodate Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I do say, that the parties [both Democrats and Republicans] are the same. But rather that the differences are not great enough to save your job, to save your life or to save the planet. So it doesn't do you a lot of good to get the lesser of two lethal options. Which, essentially, in my view, they are. And we can talk more about that. But, I also want to be very clear that this is a realignment election.” WantTwoEnoughJobsDifferencesViewsPartyClearPlanetsRepublicanElectionDemocratSave The Planet Author:Jill Stein
“When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by Eisenhower in his second term. So he was moderate Republican. But if you asked him, he would've said, "I don't have any politics. I'm a business person." Mainstream, the American view, as he understood it.” IfsKindPersonsSaidSocialTermViewsMomDadRepublicanUnderstoodRoseWorkersUniversityMy DadMy MomBarackPostsVotingMainstreamModeratesCabinetsMichiganSocial WorkerBusiness PersonDwightDwight EisenhowerUniversity Of MichiganVoting Republican Author:Bill Ayers
“I think it does because if you think of where "The Daily Show" was when I inherited it from Jon Stewart, I was in a space where, essentially, everything seemed like it was on track, you know, in terms of - from a progressive point of view, you know, you're looking at Republicans who, yes, were in control of many facets of government.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeShowsGovernmentTermSpaceViewsRepublicanTrackPoint Of ViewProgressiveFacetsDaily Show Author:Trevor Noah
“[John] Adams never had an optimistic view of human nature, and his experience in the Congress and abroad only deepened his suspicion that his fellow Americans might not have the character to sustain a republican government.” HumansCharacterGovernmentMightViewsHuman NatureRepublicanFellowsCongressOptimisticSuspicionRepublican Government Author:Gordon S. Wood
“How much of what people say in politics is for the moment, meant for the moment, meant only to satisfy an emotional demand or requirement of the moment, but it is not really sincere? My view of people in politics is that most of what they say is not sincere during campaigns about other Republicans.” PeopleMomentsViewsEmotionalRepublicanDemandCampaignsSincereRequirements Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The dirty little secret is Donald Trump's views are not all that different from the rest of the Republicans in the field. Nobody in the Republican field supports a path to citizenship. They're all pretty tough on immigration.” LittlesDifferentViewsSecretSupportPathFieldsTrumpRepublicanToughImmigrationDirtyCitizenship Author:Eleanor Clift