Tea party movement Quotes

“Don't let any of 'em in the room 'til my guy gets what he needs. We'll be outta here before they get…

— Dianne Harman Author

The reality of it is I think the GOP - Republicans and certainly conservatives - will partner with the Tea Party movement…

— Michael Steele

Even at its most outrageous early moments, the Tea Party movement was treated to sober and at times breathless media coverage, to…

— Joy Reid

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there…

— Mike Lee

The Tea Party movement and the Occupy movement were both, in a sense, complaining about the same thing, namely the use of…

— Daniel Hannan

My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

— Mike Lee

One of the beauties of the Tea Party movement - and the many, many like-minded citizens that don't participate in the Tea…

— Ken Cuccinelli

“The thing they're trying to stop is 30-million people getting health insurance. That's the substance.”

— Chris Hayes

President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and Obamacare. Both are massively unpopular. The…

— Ben Shapiro

If you look underneath the surface of the Tea Party movement, on the other hand, you will find that it is not…

— Karl Rove

But to say that Sarah Palin and the tea party movement is responsible for vandalism or threats is just a way to…

— Laura Ingraham

I know within my organization, within the grassroots of my organization of the Tea Party movement generally, there's going to be a…

— Niger Innis

The Tea Party movement is we the people who have been taxed enough already. I think that folks forget that this is…

— Sharron Angle

The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea…

— Karl Rove

It's really interesting that we've had this great Tea Party movement that is all about restoring free market capitalist values, but what…

— Matt Taibbi

I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in…

— Marco Rubio

Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican Party. Conservative…

— Janeane Garofalo

“The Tea Party movement and other libertarians have convinced millions of Americans that they have to answer to no authority but themselves.…

— John Fea

“We owe Clint Eastwood a debt of thanks. Not only because it was truly a hilarious twelve minutes of improvised "awesome" in…

— Jon Stewart

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

Herman Cain is probably well-liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican Party, conservative movement…

— Janeane Garofalo

“On closer inspection, as the Harvard political scientist Theda Skocpol and the Ph.D. student Vanessa Williamson observed in their 2012 book, The…

— Jane Mayer

“Writing in the New York Times, David Welch, a former research director for the Republican National Committee, argued that the rise of…

— George Hawley

Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene…

— Dick Armey

“English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy).”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I think what the Tea Party movement is - I'm all for it; they're out there fighting for our rights, fighting for…

— Luke Scott

Let us be clear about one thing: The tea party movement is not seeking a junior partnership with the Republican Party, but…

— Matt Kibbe

It is not an overstatement to say that Obamacare was the single most important catalyst leading to the tea party movement.

— David Limbaugh

The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and…

— Ari Fleischer

I think everyday people on the street who have never been affiliated with the tea party movement are alarmed with the spending…

— Kristi Noem

The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.

— Sarah Palin

In America we need members of the Latino community to come to the Tea Party movement and enrich the Tea Party.

— Andrew Breitbart

People ask me if I'm the father of the Tea Party movement... I was the spark... that started it.

— Rick Santelli

Our office corner has really become an area where the Tea party movement congregates and the rhetoric is really heated. Not just…

— Gabrielle Giffords

The Tea Party movement itself is maybe 15, 20 percent of the electorate. It's relatively affluent, white, nativist. You know, it has…

— Noam Chomsky

We can't disrespect, by way discounting or misunderstanding our different sticking points, the beliefs of the various groups comprising the tea party…

— Dana Loesch

The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated…

— Patrick Murphy

The beauty of the tea party movement is that it is independent and thus a true check and balance of the Republican…

— Dana Loesch

“David Koch’s 1980 campaign served as a bridge between LeFevre’s radical pedagogy and the Tea Party movement. Indeed the Libertarian Party’s standard-bearer…

— Jane Mayer

“The Tea Party Movement was a mass rebellion funded by corporate billionaires, like the Koch brothers, led by over-the-hill former GOP kingpins…

— Jane Mayer