Republican Quotes · Page 26

Republicans were more pro-choice than Democrats up until the late 1980s.

— Jill Lepore

Now the Republicans have a very low-scale, by economic standards, base. Donald Trump has.

— Mark Shields

If Nixon were a Republican senator today, he would have been primaried out.

— Harry Shearer

I would like to be the face of the Republican Party when it comes to health care.

— Madison Cawthorn

I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.

— Alphonso Jackson

You've got the brain-washed, that's the Democrats, and the brain-dead, that's the Republicans!

— Mark Russell

We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times.

— James Connolly

I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black - who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about.

— Tim Scott

Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him,…

— Sam Tanenhaus

I hope that this [hacking] does not continue to be viewed purely through a partisan lens.I think there are Republicans as well…

— Barack Obama

It looks to me like the Republican Party's in no mood to give them [voters] a reasonable choice with this clown show…

— Chris Matthews

I think every American has a role in saving this country. Whether you're Democrat, Republican, independent, it doesn't matter. We all know…

— Glenn Beck

The heroes of my childhood were Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy... but I was inspired by the ideals of…

— Mike Pence

When my Republican colleagues talk about family values, they mean that a woman should not be able to have the right to…

— Bernie Sanders

So the effect of this Republican provision to allow doctors to be gagged from even discussing abortion with their patients is outrageous.

— Frank Lautenberg

I have not met [Donald] Trump and discussed any issues with him. There have been Republican administrations like the [George] Bush administration…

— Bill Gates

It's not a secret that Ted Cruz isn't my first choice for the Republican nomination for president. His smug Poindexter affect, his…

— Rick Wilson

You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of…

— Paul Krugman

There was a time when conservative intellectuals raised the level of American public debate and helped to keep it sober. Those days…

— Mark Lilla

The real estate lobby has prominent allies in both parties. After the last major overhaul of the tax code, in 1986 -…

— James B. Stewart

Four states where [Democrats] have the governorship and both houses of the legislature. That's it. They have lost seats. They are not…

— Rush Limbaugh

It's not just Republicans. It's Republicans and Democrats. It's middle class, lower middle class, working class Americans who have felt the angst,…

— Bob Ehrlich

The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question,…

— Bruce Springsteen

There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a…

— Barack Obama

The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.

— Will Rogers

Education is not Democrat versus Republican. It's about doing the right things for the right reason for our kids.

— Scott Howell

Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.

— Ed Gillespie

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

— Barney Frank

I think most Republicans would rather win this election than have transformation.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Gingrich is the "foremost intellectual" in the Republican party like Gene Simmons is the foremost intellectual in "Kiss".

— Bill Maher

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.

— Heather Wilson

The man [Donald Trump] seems to out-trump himself - no pun intended - every time he speaks in his bid to win…

— Corri Wilson

I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.

— Lindsey Graham

They [Republicans] say, 'You're too conservative.' Was Thomas Jefferson too conservative? I'm tired of some people calling me wacky.

— Sharron Angle

I have been a Republican since I came to this country, fleeing communism when I was eight years old and Ronald Reagan…

— Ana Navarro

The only time you'll see me as a Democrat is when I play Sophia. In the real world I'm a Republican from…

— Estelle Getty

I don't recall a single Republican bitching about the Electoral College back in 2000.

— Anonymous

The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any…

— James Madison

Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.

— Randi Weingarten