Republican Quotes · Page 18

I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I don't like to define myself as necessarily conservative. What is it to be a conservative? What is it to be a…

— Abby Huntsman

Why do Republicans hate gay marriage so much? They certainly don't hate gay prostitutes.

— Margaret Cho

I like the color red because it's a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think Republicans forgot how to communicate with the American people.

— Andrea Tantaros

The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.

— Larry Flynt

When I was younger, I thought of myself as a Nixon Republican because he was the anti-Communist.

— Grover Norquist

It takes guts in this country to refuse to be a Democrat or a Republican.

— Shaun King

I changed to Republican when Reagan became president because I wanted to see a change to years of Democrat-run Senate. And I…

— Dennis Hopper

Yesterday in New York City, Donald Trump officially changed his political affiliation from Republican to Independent. And Donald's hair has switched from…

— Jay Leno

I think anybody currently running for the presidency on the Republican side by default would be a huge improvement over Obama in…

— Rush Limbaugh

The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will…

— John Podhoretz

People can tell if you don't like 'em. African Americans can tell we're not welcome in the Republican Party no matter how…

— Van Jones

I'd probably take the endorsement and support of any Republican, independent or Democrat who wants to get rid of Gavin Newsom and…

— Kevin Faulconer

A new Republican Congress is taking over. Sen. Ted Cruz has been appointed tooverseeing NASA in Congress. He says he wants NASA…

— Conan O'Brien

I want to share with the American people that President Bush and the Republican majority in just 4 years have borrowed $1.05…

— Kendrick Meek

Forget about Republican or Democrat - what about the kid in the middle of the country who wants to play the drums,…

— Kimberly Peirce

Remember the vast majority of the Democrats as well as all the Republicans in the House of Representatives in Louisiana voted for…

— David Duke

Tainting the Tea Party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There's no evidence…

— Mary Frances Berry

I also think the party needs to work on a couple different fronts. There are so many fault lines within the party:…

— Andrea Tantaros

Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

As far as being a Republican is concerned, I come from a place, New York City, which is virtually, I mean, it…

— Donald Trump

I hate to hear people say this Judge will vote so and so, because he is a Democrat -- and this one…

— Mark Twain

Here is a needle President Obama needs to thread if he chooses a ninth. The nominee would need to be so strongly…

— Steve Inskeep

We don't believe there is a functional conservative party in this country, and we certainly don't think the Republican Party is that.

— Steve Bannon

The Republican Party's history is rich and chock full of emancipation and black history.

— Rand Paul

Americans firmly rejected Republican legislative efforts to repeal the ACA - only 17 percent supported it.

— Jan Schakowsky

How did sex come to be thought of as dirty in the first place? God must have been a Republican.

— Will Durst

Republicans are being loyal to their donors. They're being loyal to the paymasters, if you will. And it's squandering an opportunity.

— Rush Limbaugh

There was a Republican majority of the Senate, and it tempered the nature of the nominations being made.

— Spencer Abraham

I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.

— Shannen Doherty

When it comes to music, we should be hoping for as outlandish a Republican candidate as we can get.

— Carrie Brownstein

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

— Thomas Jefferson

I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.

— George McGovern

Job creation is important I think, but it's not the critical issue for Republicans.

— Greg Gutfeld

Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better.

— Ron Reagan

I shouldn't be the only African American Republican in the House of Representatives.

— Will Hurd

We are seeing Republicans uniting behind this [presidential] campaign [2016].

— Ted Cruz

I'm not a conservative or a free market advocate or a Republican because, you know, I want people to like me.

— Daniel Garza

I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.

— Bruce Willis