“...the best definition that I heard of that is that a bureaucrat is a Democrat who has a job that a Republican wants.” WantJobsHeardRepublicanDemocratDefinitionsBureaucrats Author:Alben W. Barkley
“If Robert Heinlein is more to your taste than George Lucas: “If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for, but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against.” That’s certainly true of me. Over my lifetime, the Republican Party has done far more to repulse me than the Democratic Party has done to appeal to me. But the result in the voting booth would be about the same either way.” IfsWayWantMayDoneWould BeCertainResultsPartyRepublicanTasteVoteDemocraticLifetimeAppealsCandidatesVotingRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyRobert Heinlein Author:Kevin Drum
“The Republicans, they are in the danger of rooting for the country to fail. They look bad that way, I mean, and I want to say to them, cheer up, Republicans. Eventually, things will get worse.” WayWantLooksMeanCountryFailingDangerRepublicanCheerCheer Up Author:Mark Shields
“We want Ollie to go to all the different events and see Republicans and see Bernie Sanders and just kind of experience it and be able to make up his own mind for what he wants, none of his friends know anything about politics. Granted, they're only 9, they don't vote for a while. They just completely don't understand why are all these people coming to New Hampshire, why this is so important.” PeopleKnowsWantMindKindImportantDifferentAblePoliticsEventsRepublicanVoteGrantedHampshireNew Hampshire Author:Sarah Wright
“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 just don't see why anybody would vote Republican in the Army. If you want to support the troops, if I was a troop, I would say, 'You know how to support me? Don't send me to stupid wars.'” IfsKnowsWantWarSupportKnow HowStupidRepublicanVoteArmyTroopsSupport MeSupport The Troops Author:Bill Maher
“When my Republican colleagues talk about family values, they mean that a woman should not be able to have the right to control her own body; that women should not be able to purchase the contraceptives that they want. Those are their family values, not our family values.” WantShouldMeanBodyAbleValuesRepublicanOur FamilyColleaguesAbout FamilyFamily ValuesContraceptives Author:Bernie Sanders
“The American people overwhelmingly want our troops out of Iraq. They want the federal government to take real and immediate action to combat global warming and to significantly expand support for stem cell research. Democrats almost unanimously support the people's wishes onthese crucial issues. Republicans don't.” PeopleWantRealGovernmentActionWishSupportIssuesRepublicanResearchDemocratIraqCellsGlobal WarmingCombatCrucialTroopsStemFederal GovernmentOur TroopsStem CellStem Cell ResearchImmediate Action Author:Al Gore
“I just don't understand how anyone would want to be a Republican. I just can't figure it. I don't understand. If you're poor, if you're any kind of minority - gay, black, Latino, anything. If you're not a rich born-again-Christian, I don't get it.” IfsWantKindChristianBlackBornPoorRichFiguresRepublicanGayMinoritiesLatinoBorn Again Author:Cher
“I don't want to commit myself in advocating a definite republican constitution which will get bogged down with the question of who would elect the President and when.” WantPresidentRepublicanConstitutionCommitDefiniteAdvocating Book:Out of the Wilderness: Diaries 1963-67 Source: Out of the Wilderness: Diaries 1963-67
“The rules in this new 'post-partisan' era are pretty simple: If the Democratic Party wants it, it's 'stimulus.' If the Republican Party opposes it, it's 'politics' - as in headlines like this: 'Obama Urges GOP To Keep Politics To A Minimum On Stimulus.' These are serious times: As the president says, it's the worst economic crisis since the Thirties. So politicians need to put politics behind them and immediately lavish $4.19 billion on his community-organizing pals at the highly inventive 'voter registration' group ACORN for 'neighborhood stabilization activities.” IfsWantNeedsPresidentCommunitySimplePartyBehindsGroupsEconomicWorstSeriousPoliticianRepublicanActivityCrisisDemocraticBillionsErasPostsNeighborhoodUrgesVotersMinimumRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyStimulusHeadlinesPartisansGopPalsEconomic CrisisAcornsRegistrationCommunity OrganizingVoter Registration Author:Mark Steyn
“I don't want to sell credit to people who are going to hurt themselves with it. You should only sell products that are good for the people who use them. Some disagree with this, but I know I'm right. That is to say, you're talking to a Republican who admires Elizabeth Warren.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldUseHurtTalkingProductsRepublicanSellsCreditAdmireDisagree Author:Charlie Munger
“I wonder... if the Republican Party really wants to be branded right now as the party of tax cuts and torture? I mean that's what they're selling.” IfsWantMeanPartyWonderCuttingRepublicanRight NowTaxesSellingTortureRepublican PartyTax CutsBranded Author:Chris Matthews
“It's obvious that a lot of Tea Party members tend to be elderly. You've seen that famous sign, 'Tell the government to keep its hands off my Medicare.' And I think as long as the government does keep its hands off their Medicare, they're fine with talking about low taxes. But once they start to realize that the Republicans really do want to not just cut Medicare, but essentially abolish it, you know, I just think those people are not going to be part of the Tea Party. They're going to be over with Occupy Wall Street.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLongDoeHandsGovernmentRealizingPartyTalkingCuttingStreetsWallFineRepublicanTaxesMembersLowsObviousTeaElderlyMedicareAbolishTea PartyOccupy Wall Street Author:Bruce Bartlett
“My father represents a very interesting challenge to the Republican party. I think this is taking people by surprise. (But) I think that's why he's so welcomed by the American voters, because they want somebody who says what they are thinking.” PeopleThinkingWantFatherChallengesInterestingPartyRepublicanSurpriseVotersRepublican PartyVery InterestingAmerican Voters Author:Ivanka Trump
“I do still think there is a big disconnect between Republicans in Washington, D.C., and Republicans everywhere I go. When you start talking about, you know, foreign entanglements, they just don`t want any part of it.” ThinkingKnowsWantStillsBigsTalkingRepublicanEntanglement Author:Chris Matthews
“Republicans don't want to shrink government. They want more and more military, more and more surveillance. They'd like to have the government banning gay marriage and so forth.” WantGovernmentMilitaryRepublicanGayShrinksGay MarriageSurveillance Author:John Zerzan
“President [Barack] Obama's staking his reelection hopes on rebuilding America's middle class. He wants higher taxes on the wealthy, tougher rules on Wall Street, and everyone else to get a fair shot to succeed. Republicans can cry "class warfare" if they want, but as the president put it today, it's about this country's welfare.” IfsWantCountryTodayAmericaPresidentClassStreetsMiddleCryWallHigherRepublicanSucceedTaxesShotsFairsBarackWelfareMiddle ClassWealthyWarfarePresident Barack ObamaRebuildingClass WarfareReelection Author:Chris Matthews
“What have we heard from Republican voters? They want somebody that's new, they want somebody that's fresh. They don't want an establishment.” WantHeardRepublicanVotersEstablishment Author:Dalia Mogahed
“I thought the Wall Street Journal quote, they got a guy in Iowa to say I think exactly where I think this race is right now for a lot Republicans. He said, "Nobody in Iowa wants [Donald]Trump for president. But everybody in Iowa wants somebody like Trump for president." That's what you need.” ThinkingWantNeedsSaidGuyPresidentRaceStreetsWallTrumpRepublicanRight NowJournalIowaWall Street Journal Author:Dalia Mogahed
“As soon as a Democrat or a liberal organization opens their mouth and says "We want to see this," it's going to go over the heads. And same way on the abortion debate, if they want to make a change, it is not going to come from a Republican, it's going to have to come from a Democrat.” IfsWayWantRepublicanMouthsOrganizationDemocratDebateAbortionMaking Changes Author:Chuck Todd
“You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.” KnowsWantGovernmentRepublicanConcernDemocratDebtSmaller Government Author:Rand Paul
“So why would I want to call myself a conservative after the way them white racist thugs have used that word to hide behind? They call themselves new Republicans.” WayWantUsedWhiteBehindsRepublicanRacismConservativeRacistThug Author:Dick Gregory
“Most Americans don't live their lives solely as Democrats or Republicans or conservatives or liberals. Most Americans live their lives that are just a little bit late for something they have to do. Often it's something they do not want to do, but they do it. Impossible things get done every day that are only made possible by the little, reasonable compromises.” WantLittlesMadeDoneBitsImpossibleRepublicanLateLittle BitDemocratCompromiseReasonableImpossible Things Author:Jon Stewart
“Republicans drove us into debt with two wars and the Bush tax cuts. Now they want to pay for that debt with cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. This is not only immoral it is bad economics. Why do Republicans always have money for war but not for those in need?” WantNeedsTwoWarSocialPayCuttingSecurityRepublicanTaxesEconomicsDebtImmoralSocial SecurityMedicareTax CutsThose In NeedMedicaidMedicare And Medicaid Author:Bernie Sanders
“If you want to find the cool, anti-establishment rebels who don't answer to The Man on college campuses today, you have to go to a meeting of the College Republicans. They are rebelling against at least 99 percent of their professors.” IfsMenWantTodayAnswersCollegeHe ManRepublicanPercentMeetingsProfessorsRebelEstablishmentCampusCollege Campus Author:Ann Coulter
“We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to topple [Bashar] Assad. Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us - at least [Muammar] Gadhafi and [Hosni] Mubarak - in fighting radical Islamic terrorists.” MenWantNeedsHumansFightingLeaderRecordsRightsTerribleRepublicanClintonHuman RightsTerroristRadicalBarackIslamicBad ManAssadAssistingMubarak Author:Ted Cruz
“U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz accused Republicans of trying to make it a crime to be an illegal alien. Democrats see a conspiracy plot. First Republicans want to say that illegal aliens are illegal, next they're going to want to take away their voting rights.” WantTryingFirstsNextRightsCrimeRepublicanDemocratAliensVotingPlotIllegalConspiracyAccusedRight To VoteIllegal Aliens Author:Argus Hamilton
“I'm serious. I've got to get people to realize that the government is full of it. Republicans and Democrats want to argue over stuff that's not important, like gay marriage or the war in Iraq or illegal immigration... When I run - if I run - we're going to talk about real issues like improving our schools, cleaning up our neighborhoods of drugs and crime and making Alabama a better place for all people.” PeopleIfsWantImportantWarRealGovernmentRunningSchoolStuffRealizingIssuesCrimeSeriousRepublicanGayDrugDemocratIraqArguingImmigrationNeighborhoodIllegalImprovingBetter PlaceCleaningGay MarriageAlabamaIllegal ImmigrationCleaning Up Author:Charles Barkley
“I would caution my Republican friends that [Obama has] three years to go, and in that three years the American people are going to want to see some progress and not just claims that this guy is out of office and we're going to do everything to destroy him or that somehow he is a 'socialist' taking over the country. Have we so lost our faith in this country that we think one person, one man can be can suddenly change our entire system? That's kind of absurd.” PeopleThinkingMenWantYearsKindPersonsCountryGuyThreeLostProgressRepublicanOfficeClaimsAbsurdOne ManThree YearsSocialistThis GuyCaution Author:Colin Powell
“I intend to do what I can, working with my congressional colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to help bring about the changes to the practices and Institutions of our democracy that they want and deserve.” WantI CanHelpingPracticeDemocracyRepublicanDeserveInstitutionsDemocratColleagues Author:John McCain
“Maybe the reality-based fractions of red and blue America are reaching a sort of consensus: Just as Republicans are beginning to get why George Bush makes so many Americans want to rip their hair out, a lot of Democrats have finally, viscerally come to understand Clinton-loathing. Mutual, symmetrical disillusionment; it's a start.” WantRealityAmericaHairRepublicanRedBlueClintonDemocratReachingMutualConsensusRipFractionsLoathingDisillusionmentSymmetricalRed And Blue Author:Kurt Andersen
“Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okay, he's sui generis. But he won a landslide victory after moving to the center, while holding onto conservatives by not hiking taxes.” WayWantMovingVictoryRepublicanTaxesOkayElectionCaliforniaHikingImpressiveHolding OnSchwarzeneggerLandslides Author:Fred Barnes
“The Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn't want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they didn't know who I was. And once many party bigwigs did get to know me, they weren't sure that I could win the seat.” KnowsWantRunningWinningPartyRepublicanSeatsWant MeKnow MeHierarchyMinnesotaIncumbentsGet To Know Me Book:Core of Conviction: My Story Source: Core of Conviction: My Story
“I think the president's [Barack Obama] position has been very clear on Syria. He wants more aggressive, he's put the Special Ops on the ground, in fact one of the Republican criticisms is he's got thousands of Americans there. We just don't call them troops on the ground, we don't admit to it. But they are there.” ThinkingWantHas BeensFactsPresidentClearSpecialPositionRepublicanCriticismBarackAggressiveTroopsSyriaSpecial Ops Author:Juan Williams
“The Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, I want to improve it. I want to build on it, get the costs down, get prescription drug costs down. Senator Sanders wants us to start all over again. This was a major achievement of President [Barack] Obama, of our country. It is helping people right now.” PeopleWantCountryHelpingCarePresidentRepublicanRight NowCostDrugAchievementMajorsOur CountryBarackSenatorsWant UHelping PeopleAffordablePrescriptionsPresident Barack ObamaPrescription DrugsAffordable Care Act Author:Hillary Clinton
“Pope Francis said the use of contraception could be justified in regions hit by the Zika virus; a stance that could reignite a debate over the church's prohibition of the use of condoms to stop the spread of the AIDS virus. The pope also criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as 'not Christian' for his immigration stance, and broke with his predecessors by suggesting that Catholic lawmakers are free to vote for same-sex marriage and civil unions if they want to.” IfsWantSaidUseChristianSexChurchTrumpRepublicanVoteCatholicUnionsSpreadAidsDebateImmigrationBrokePresidentialCandidatesRegionsPopeJustifiedVirusesProhibitionStanceSuggestingPredecessorsCondomPresidential CandidateContraceptionLawmakers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Talking about jobs, and people - I don`t care if you`re a Democrat or Republican, they want jobs. And Sanders is talking about it and [Donald]Trump is talking about it and bringing jobs back and making our country great again.” PeopleIfsWantCountryCareJobsTalkingTrumpRepublicanDemocratDon't CareOur CountryI Don't Care Author:Sue Lowden
“I think if you're at home and you don't want Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee, then the only candidate who can beat Donald is our campaign. And so I would encourage, even if you like another candidate, stand with us if you don't want Donald to be the nominee.” IfsThinkingWantHomeTrumpRepublicanBeatsCampaignsCandidates Author:Ted Cruz
“The Republicans just want to bankrupt the government. They think that the government should do nothing, except maybe support the military. So terrorism is perfect for them.” ThinkingWantShouldGovernmentPerfectSupportMilitaryRepublicanTerrorism Author:David O. Russell
“Donald Trump came along and spoke in a language that speaks directly to a portion of the Republican base with what they want to hear. I don`t think that he actually has a very significant ideology.” ThinkingWantSpeakLanguageTrumpRepublicanSignificantIdeologySpokesPortions Author:Ben Domenech
“I think Donald Trump is a pragmatic sort of populist and who tell people anything in any moment that he wants them to hear, if he thinks that it`s going to be to his advantage, that everything is going to reset in the general election, assuming that he is the nominee, and I think it will be interesting to watch how many people feel betrayed or conned with the game he played with the Republican Party at this point.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFeelsMomentsGamesInterestingPartyWatchesTrumpRepublicanAdvantageElectionAssumingRepublican PartyBetrayedPragmaticPopulistResetGeneral Elections Author:Ben Domenech
“Marco [Rubio] made reference earlier to the litigation against Trump University. It's fraud case. I want you think about if this man is the nominee, having the Republican nominee on the stand in court being cross examined about whether he committed fraud. You don't think the mainstream media will go crazy on that?” IfsThinkingMenWantMadeCasesCrazyMediaTrumpRepublicanCrossesCourtUniversityCommittedFraudMainstreamI Want YouMarcosMainstream Media Author:Ted Cruz
“If you want to really sort of quantify the dereliction of the Republican establishment, those two facts are the most important two facts. One, that they didn`t even understand the base of their own party, white working class voters who you know what, don`t care about tax cuts for the rich, really aren`t interested in the things that the elite part of their party want, including immigration reform. And number two, they spent eight months avoiding finding opposition research to use against the guy who was becoming the front-runner in their party that they don`t want.” IfsKnowsWantTwoImportantFactsUseCareGuyWhitePartyNumbersClassRichCuttingFrontsMonthsBecomingRepublicanTaxesFindingsResearchIncludingDon't CareEightImmigrationReformOppositionVotersEstablishmentElitesWorking ClassRunnersAvoidingTax CutsImmigration ReformWho You Know Author:Chris Hayes
“Everybody in the world has to compromise. I don't know one person that gets everything they want, so the politicians are going to have to figure that out and stop pointing out, "He shook hands with a Democrat in 1989. He ate with a Republican last week." It's petty high school, even junior high stuff going on. It's junior high politics going on, so it's a shame.” KnowsWorldWantPersonsHandsSchoolLastsStuffWeekFiguresPoliticianRepublicanHigh SchoolShameDemocratCompromisePettyPointingJuniorsJunior High Author:Ice Cube
“A lot of people disagree with me on this, but the people who want somebody not of Washington, it's serious this time. It's - the disconnect between the Republican Party establishment and the Democrat establishment and the people of this country is longer, broader, wider than I've ever seen it.” PeopleWantCountryPartySeriousRepublicanDemocratDisagreeEstablishmentRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think the great majority of Republicans, mainstream Republicans from across the country, don't want to see Donald Trump as president of the United States either. They're concerned they'd see a recession and I think they are also concerned we'd see a more dangerous world.” ThinkingWorldWantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDangerousTrumpRepublicanConcernedMajorityMainstreamRecessionsDangerous World Author:Mitt Romney
“I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you - the whole playbook is in this book. If you're a Republican, and you're frustrated because Barack Obama is a great communicator, the playbook is in this book. And if you're a corporation who wants to satisfy his - their employees, how to do it is in this book. And finally, if you're an employee and you want to get a raise, whether at NPR or anyplace else, it's in this book.” PeopleIfsWantBookWholeWinningSidesListeningRepublicanRight NowRaisesDemocratBarackCorporationsEmployeeFrustratedBoth SidesCommunicatorsNprPlaybooks Author:Frank Luntz
“Illegal immigrants are people that have very little education. They are mostly people who are very poor. They arrive needing government assistance from the get-go, and the Democrat Party is right there to provide it, while telling them that the Republican Party wants to kick 'em out.” PeopleWantLittlesGovernmentPoorPartyRepublicanDemocratKicksEmsImmigrantsIllegalRepublican PartyAssistanceIllegal ImmigrantsGovernment Assistance Author:Rush Limbaugh