One of the main reasons we ought to re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to constructive cooperation... He appointed… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The closeness [of Rex Tillerson] to [Vladimir] Putin will be one of the unifying issues between the Republican critics and Democratic critics. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House. He had to get the Republican budget… — Pete du Pont Copy Share Image
If you feel the government should leave you alone, you're a Republican. If you think the job of the government is to… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
A republican government is in a hundred points weaker than one that is autocratic; but in this one point it is the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue,… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The Constitution never even mentions political parties, let alone the Republican and Democratic parties, yet all the election laws help to protect… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
The story of the Republican Party is of a far-right that has moved from the fringes of the party to a complete… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
Maybe the reality-based fractions of red and blue America are reaching a sort of consensus: Just as Republicans are beginning to get… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
I think this is exactly where the action is, is in the middle. I have seen it when I was governor of… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Environmental laws give power to the people. Republicans can huff, puff and scream about what they consider strict regulations, but when they… — Daniel Kammen Copy Share Image
In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Republicans should save the clip of Jonathan Gruber and run it over and over again in the run-up to the 2016 election.… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
I came to the resolve that the attempt was not only worth trying, but should be tried in the very near future… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
The most important issues to address are the truly existential threats we face: climate change and nuclear war. On the former, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If Hillary Clinton had policies that would more likely make people's lives better than Republicans, I'd be for Hillary. I'm for whoever… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
In our state, I'm really proud of the fact that the ones who overturned Jim Crow in Kentucky were Republicans fighting against… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
The Republican Party is a much bigger tent than people give it credit for. We have a lot of what I guess… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
For me, the most disturbing aspect of the Republican political culture is how it puts its unquenchable thirst for power, domination and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of… — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The challenge of the Republican Party is, if we're going to start winning national elections, we've got to get along as all… — John Ratcliffe Copy Share Image
Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
Whenever a Gujarati or Sikh businessman comes to a Republican event, it begins with an appeal to Jesus Christ. While the Democrats… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Look, in 1800 the sainted Thomas Jefferson arranged to hire a notorious slanderer named James Callender, who worked as a writer at… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
If you want to join the Republican party, they have to let you in. There's nothing they can do about it. I… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'm totally changed. I've been emancipated from all this Republican dogma. Whether it's being anti-immigration, being-anti gay, being militaristic and wanting to… — Thomas Ravenel Copy Share Image
With all our differences, whenever we are confronted with a threat to our security we are not then Republicans or Democrats but… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
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… — John Anderson Copy Share Image
I think for a lot of people, it's just where their saturation point was. Once you get into the [Donald] Trump stuff… — David Cross Copy Share Image
Every time a Republican wins the White House, whenever Republicans win control of Congress, the Drive-Bys always claim that the message is… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
American politics are rich with characters and stereotypes - Joe the Plumber, Harry and Louise, Nascar dads and hockey moms, to name… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
Carlos Beruff supported Charlie Crist after he left the Republican Party. Does that should like someone who is a conservative Republican? — Carlos Lopez-Cantera Copy Share Image
I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn't much difference… — Kurt Russell Copy Share Image
And the Republican Party especially associates the market with the idea of progress, goodness, family, and points us toward the mall as… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
In a Republican district I was a Republican. In a Democratic district I was a Democrat. And in a doubtful district, I… — Jay Gould Copy Share Image