“The American movement, Tea Party, whatever you want to call it, I think that is a very hopeful moment for the country and, I know, we really are the community organizers, are we not?” ThinkingKnowsWantCountryMomentsCommunityPartyMovementTeaHopefulTea PartyOrganizer Author:Laura Ingraham
“Conservative activists, Tea Party activists, are threatening Donald Trump that if he chooses Reince Priebus, he will lose much of his base of support.” IfsLosesPartySupportTrumpConservativeTeaActivistThreateningTea Party Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I spent a lot of time studying our Founders and people like Samuel Adams and the original Tea Party. What Adams and the Sons of Liberty did in Boston was spread the word about the abuses of the British. They had Committees of Correspondence that got the word out to the colonies. We need Committees of Correspondence now, and we are getting them.” PeopleNeedsPartyLibertyStudySonAbuseOriginalsSpreadBritishTeaFoundersCommitteesBostonTea PartyColonyCorrespondence Author:Nat Hentoff
“That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that people are acting for themselves as it happened with the Sons of Liberty which spread throughout the colonies. That was a very important awakening in this country.” PeopleImportantCountryFactsPartyActingLibertyHappenedSonRevolutionHappeningsSpreadAwakeningTeaColumnsTea PartyColonyAmerican Revolution Author:Nat Hentoff
“The tea party had a lot of nasty tactics that were needlessly aggressive and petty and scary. But they proved it is indeed possible for a committed, relatively small number of folks across the country to make Congress listen to them and to slow and stop an agenda.” CountryPartyNumbersCongressFolksCommittedScaryTeaAgendasAggressiveNastyPettyTacticsTea PartySmall Numbers Author:Ezra G. Levin
“Progressives are the majority; we won the popular vote by a long shot and Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans representing mainly rich old white men are a minority. If we stand up together and use the effective strategies and tactics the tea party used, we believe we can stop them.” IfsMenBelieveLongUseTogetherUsedWhitePartyRichTrumpRepublicanShotsVoteMajorityStrategyTeaMinoritiesWhite ManTacticsRepresentingTea PartyPopular VoteLong Shots Author:Ezra G. Levin
“One strategy that the tea party smartly embraced was one of being almost entirely defensive. They consciously decided not to figure out which of their really abominable conservative policy priorities to prioritize. Instead, anything that came out of the Obama White House they were against. What they recognized is that when you've lost the White House and the House of Representatives and the Senate, you're not setting the agenda anymore. We progressives find ourselves in a similar situation now.” HouseLostWhitePartySituationFiguresPolicyDecidedStrategyConservativePrioritiesSettingSettingsTeaAgendasWhite HouseSenateRepresentativesTea PartyPrioritizeHouse Of Representatives Author:Ezra G. Levin
“Another crucial thing the tea party did really well is to focus in on the folks who are more or less on your side, and make sure they are as bold as possible.” WellsSidesPartyFocusFolksTeaCrucialTea PartyYour Side Author:Ezra G. Levin
“If people don't get as engaged as the tea party was, we're going to lose.” PeopleIfsLosesPartyTeaEngagedTea Party Author:Ezra G. Levin
“Marco Rubio was the darling of the Tea Party. Marco Rubio was elected as a Tea Party conservative Republican. Marco Rubio was sent to Washington clearly with the belief that he was part of a new conservative majority that was not tied to the establishment.” BeliefPartyRepublicanMajorityConservativeTeaEstablishmentTiedDarlingTea PartyMarcos Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Obama passes Obamacare, the Tea Party comes into existence over two things: this out of control Obama spending.” TwoPartyExistenceSpendingTeaTwo ThingsObamacareTea Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a difference in terms of moving the Republican Party, in terms of moving the country in a particular direction. It's a direction I disagreed with. But it showed that, in fact, you get involved, if your voice is heard it has an impact.” IfsGivingMadeCountryFactsMovingVoiceTermDifferencesPartyHeardParticularHugeInvolvedRepublicanImpactCreditTeaRepublican PartyGet InvolvedDisagreementTea Party Author:Barack Obama
“One question is: Who is the working class today, and how has it changed? Where are we in that? I don't have a knee-jerk kind of 1930s thing about we must build the unions and that's the way to the future. I'm writing this book right now called Pallin' Around, and the subtitle is: "Talking to the Tea Party." And frankly I find talking to the Tea Party exhilarating, I love it.” WayWritingKindBookTodayPartyTalkingClassChangedRight NowUnionsTeaKneesWorking ClassJerkTea Party1930sExhilaratingSubtitles Author:Bill Ayers
“I spoke at the University of Georgia, and a whole contingent of Tea Party people in Hell's Angels regalia came in and sat in the front and scowled at me while I gave my talk. And afterwards the head of the group got to the microphone and said, I'm surprised that I agree with almost everything you said, but I'm worried that you're a big government guy.” PeopleSaidWholeBigsGovernmentGuyPartyHellGroupsFrontsAngelAgreeUniversityTeaWorriedSatSpokesGeorgiaTea PartyMicrophonesBig Government Author:Bill Ayers
“Who's the big government guy? These labels are nonsense. And the Tea Party, if you want to call them working class, you know, a working-class insurgency from below, they are a mass of contradictions; they don't have a single consistent viewpoint; but part of their impulse is to be wary of government.” IfsKnowsWantBigsGovernmentGuyPartyClassMassLabelsTeaImpulseConsistentContradictionNonsenseWorking ClassViewpointsTea PartyBig GovernmentInsurgency Author:Bill Ayers
“I'm wary of government. Part of [the Tea Party] impulse is to dislike and be worried about the rich. I'm that way too. So I don't find them to be as atrocious as most people do, as your liberals do. I'm not a liberal.” PeopleWayGovernmentPartyRichTeaWorriedImpulseDislikeTea Party Author:Bill Ayers
“Kevin McCarthy, who is the House majority leader, was pretty open. He went out and recruited candidates. And the Republicans in the House have paid a price for it ever since, because they cannot pass anything comprehensive or real because of the Freedom Caucus, which is the child, the product, the progeny of the Tea Party.” ChildrenRealHousePartyLeaderProductsRepublicanPaidMajorityTeaCandidatesComprehensiveTea PartyKevinCaucusProgenyMajority Leader Author:Mark Shields
“The Tea Party thing is only apt in some ways. The activism in the town halls, that looks superficially like it. But what the Tea Party did was, they went after the party, the Republican Party, as their vehicle. And parties is how you change history.” WayLooksPartyRepublicanTownsActivismTeaHallsVehicleRepublican PartyTea Party Author:Mark Shields
“It's tempting to remember that the Tea Party had a peak and then the Republican Party establishment sort of beat it back down. And so these things are won in a day.” RememberPartyRepublicanBeatsDown AndTeaEstablishmentRepublican PartyTea PartyTempting Author:Mark Shields
“The final thing the Tea Party had was, they fed into the philosophy that Donald Trump now embodies. So they had a different view of how the world should be governed. And so they had a lot of things that we didn't appreciate going for them as time went by.” WorldShouldDifferentPhilosophyViewsPartyTrumpAppreciateFinalsTeaFedsTea PartyDifferent Views Author:Mark Shields
“I do think what the Tea Party also had was Obamacare and the unpopularity of that, at least at the time. And so whether there is something that is equally unpopular and equally galvanizing that is almost self-destructive from the administration, that's another factor that we will wait and see.” ThinkingSelfWaitingPartyFactorsAdministrationTeaDestructiveObamacareTea PartySelf Destructive Author:Mark Shields
“The White House is dismissing these fiery town halls as the result of professional protesters. Well, that`s exactly how President [Barack] Obama team`s and Democrats dismissed the 2009 town halls and Tea Party protests.” WellsHousePresidentWhiteResultsPartyTeamTownsDemocratBarackTeaProtestHallsWhite HouseTea PartyPresident Barack ObamaFiery Author:Chuck Todd
“Folks, let me ask you a question about that. You voted in 2010, 2014. You're part of the Tea Party and you show up and you just vote. Republicans said they needed the House, and you gave it to 'em; then they said they needed the Senate, and you gave it to 'em. Do you feel like winners even after those two elections? Probably not, because you really didn't think the Republican Party was going to change their stripes and start acting on all this.” ThinkingFeelsSaidTwoShowsAsksHousePartyActingNeededRepublicanVoteLet MeElectionFolksTeaWinnerEmsSenateThey SaidRepublican PartyTea PartyStripes Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I want the coal miners, who've been American heroes, who kept the lights put on for black people and white people for a hundred years, and who now are too sick to work, I want them to be able to go see a doctor. I don't care who they vote for. I don't care if they vote for a Tea Party Republican, I'm fighting for you because I voted for you to live in a country where we don't have disposable people.” PeopleIfsWantYearsCountryLightCareAbleFightingBlackWhitePartyHeroRepublicanHundredDoctorsVoteSickDon't CareTeaI Don't CareBlack PeopleCoalTea PartyMinersDisposableCoal MinersAmerican Hero Author:Van Jones
“I think there are a lot of people who are involved in the Tea Party who have very real and sincere concerns about spending that's out of control or generally philosophically believe that the government should be less involved in certain aspects of American life rather than more involved. And they have every right and obligation as citizens to be involved and engaged in this process.” PeopleThinkingShouldBelieveRealGovernmentCertainProcessPartyCitizensInvolvedConcernAspectSpendingObligationTeaEngagedSincereTea PartyAmerican Life Author:Barack Obama
“I am the mayor of Boston, I am a Democrat. But, I am not the mayor of Democratic people in Boston. I am the mayor of Democrats and Republicans, Independents, Tea Party, and the unenrolled. I am the mayor of conservatives and progressives. I am the mayor of all the different races. I am the mayor of the rich and the poor.” PeopleDifferentPoorPartyRaceRichRepublicanDemocraticDemocratTeaBostonMayorsTea PartyDifferent Races Author:Marty Walsh
“The Tea Party is not monolithic. There is a battle between people who care about liberty and the Constitution and the Republican Establishment who is trying to take ownership of it and redirect it for its own purposes.” PeopleTryingCarePurposePartyLibertyRepublicanBattleConstitutionTeaEstablishmentOwnershipWho CaresTea Party Author:Naomi Wolf
“Even though I'm appalled when racism surfaces, and I personally don't agree with certain policy solutions and a lot of what they believe in, as someone who is very concerned about reinvigorating democracy the Tea Parties are an answer to what I asked for.” BelieveCertainAnswersPartyDemocracyPolicyRacismSolutionsConcernedAgreeSurfaceTeaTea Party Author:Naomi Wolf
“People of all kinds are waking up. Even people passionate for Obama realize even that knight on a white horse isn't enough to roll back the oligarchy. I'm seeing a lot of action on the left as well that is never reported. But the Tea Party response is the most visible and the initiative they show is the most recognizable.” PeopleWellsKindEnoughShowsActionLeftRealizingWhitePartySeeingHorseWake UpResponsePassionateAll KindsTeaVisibleWakingInitiativeKnightsTea PartyOligarchyWhite Horse Author:Naomi Wolf
“The extremely low respect Congress enjoys among the population indicates that the citizens understand broadly what's going on. But the lack of a realistic political reform path leads to apathy and the kind of mindless frustration that manifests itself in the Tea Party-style hatred of any and all government.” KindGovernmentPoliticalEnjoyPartyPathStyleCitizensLowsHatredCongressPopulationReformTeaFrustrationRealisticApathyTea PartyMindlessPolitical Reform Author:Thomas Pogge
“Power corrupts and there is way too much corrupted power. Stand up and monitor the government that is supposed to work for us. That's what the Tea Party represents.” WayGovernmentPartyToo MuchTeaTea PartyPower Corrupts Author:Ted Nugent
“What the Tea Parties are standing for is constitutional principle. It's not fundamentally about tax rates or whether to have a consumption tax or an income tax. It's about adherence to Constitution and the principle of limited government.” GovernmentPartyPrinciplesTaxesStandingConstitutionRateIncomeTeaConsumptionIncome TaxTea PartyLimited GovernmentAdherence Author:Robert P. George
“The Clinton Foundation has had to refile their taxes. And I remember when the first report came, the reaction everybody had. "Well, how come they get to do it again instead of being penalized for it? You file wrong, and you make a mistake, and they're gonna come at you and demand penalties and what. The Clintons made a mistake three times and they're allowed to refile?" And then we realize what the IRS did to Tea Party fundraising groups, denying them status.” RememberRealizingPartyMistakeTaxesClintonTeaRemember WhenMade A MistakeTea Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If the tea party folks would go out there and get angry because they think their taxes are too high, for God's sake, a lot of citizens ought to get angry about the fact that they're being killed and our planet's being injured by what's happening on a daily basis by the way we provide our power and our fuel and the old practices that we have. That's something worth getting angry about.” ThinkingPartyTaxesTeaTea Party Author:John F. Kerry
“I think the Republican Party has changed. I think our politics have changed. The parties have deteriorated in their strength. They decentralized. We have these new super PACs and outside organizations and the Tea Party, a libertarian movement in the Republican Party. It's very different. And I think these Republicans now are very scared.” ThinkingDifferentPartyChangedRepublicanScaredLibertarianTeaRepublican PartyTea Party Author:Stuart Rothenberg
“Art is not politics. The glory of the novel is that in its essence, it is a democratic form, because it treats individuals as worthy of scrutiny. That alone is a kind of political act. A good novel about a tea party of rich women can be just as galvanizing and important to the soul as War and Peace, so I think it's not really the job of artists to do anything. They can have their opinions as private citizens, but they must continue making their art.” ThinkingKindArtImportantWarSoulPoliticalArtistIndividualPartyOpinionNovelRichGloryArt IsDemocraticWorthyTeaTea Party Author:Paul Auster
“The Democrats don't like the Tea Party because the Tea Party engineered their defeat. The Republicans, some members, don't like the Tea Party because the Tea Party illustrates what they have to do to win and they're not really comfortable with that.” WinningPartyRepublicanDemocratDefeatTeaTea Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Washington establishment does not like the Tea Party. Don't you love all these politicians that run around and campaign as outsiders, anti-establishment, 'I'm not part of that Washington culture.' Well, then join the Tea Party, 'cause that's who's really anti-establishment, that's who's really a bunch of outsiders is the Tea Party. But you don't see those politicians who want to be considered outsiders joining or embracing the Tea Party, do you?” RunningCulturePartyPoliticianTeaOutsidersTea Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The first Tea Party protest was scheduled for Inauguration Day. So what were they upset about? Which part of the job he was doing before he even did it were they upset about? Secondly, if they claim to be upset with government corruption, government takeover, crazy spending, where were they from 2000 to 2008? Right? And why weren't they protesting the stolen elections?” PartyCrazyElectionCorruptionTeaUpsetProtestTea PartyInauguration Author:Janeane Garofalo
“You can't get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” LongBookEnoughBigsReadingSuitsCupsTeaTea PartyCups Of TeaTea TimeInspiring BookAfternoon TeaSweet Tea Author:C. S. Lewis
“The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base, they may be willing to lose some elections in order to get rid of their base and put up a new base.” MayFactsOrderLosesPartyWillingRepublicanElectionTeaEstablishmentTea Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Championing liberty begins at the local level. There is nothing more fundamental than the principle that a man's home is his castle. Donald Trump's career-long willingness to trample this right tells you everything you need to know about his bogus tea party sideshow.” KnowsMenNeedsLongHomeLevelsPartyLibertyPrinciplesCareersTrumpFundamentalsLocalsTeaWillingnessCastlesTea PartySideshows Author:Michelle Malkin
“The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.” PeoplePowerfulPartyIssuesFocusTaxesReformTeaMost PowerfulAmerican PoliticsTea PartyGroverTax Reform Author:Grover Norquist
“The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not?” WantMindDoeSelfGovernmentFatherSoundPartyDrivenActivismLocalsTeaDescriptionSelf RelianceFoundingRelianceTea PartySmaller Government Author:Bill O'Reilly
“The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.” Would BePartyMovementRepublicanSmartTeaRepublican PartyTea PartyReally SmartTea Party Movement Author:Sarah Palin
“I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.” DoeGovernmentPartyClearMessagesTeaLoudTea Party Author:Rand Paul
“Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently.” WantDonePartyMovementBrokenMessagesUnhappyTeaThings DoneTea PartyReckoningTea Party Movement Author:Rand Paul
“You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelievePartyEffortRepublicanCome UpTeaPhrasesAgendasRepublican PartySlogansTea PartyCatchy Author:Colin Powell
“If you look underneath the surface of the Tea Party movement, on the other hand, you will find that it is not sophisticated. It's not like these people have read the economist Friedrich August von Hayek.” PeopleIfsLooksHandsPartyMovementSurfaceTeaSophisticatedEconomistAugustTea PartyHayekTea Party MovementVon Hayek Author:Karl Rove