Committees Quote by Ari Fleischer

Republicans also took control of the Senate after gaining another seven seats. I haven't seen the GOP get this many seats since Chris Christie…

— Jimmy Fallon

In a divided government, you can't just say, 'It's my way or the highway.'

— Jeb Bush

I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because…

— Scott Walker

A divided government doesn't have to be a death blow to foreign policy.

— Morgan Ortagus

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

— Jim Cooper

“This country was founded by people who were worried about government power—who knew that you cannot trust people in power. So they divided government…

— Historica Press

Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government.

— Eliot Spitzer

The trouble with the theory [of limited and divided government] is that government is not a machine, but a living thing. This is where…

— Woodrow Wilson

What I have said is, when the American people elect divided government, what are they saying? I think they're saying we know you have…

— Mitch McConnell

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

— Noah Webster

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in…

— Thomas Jefferson

Every time a Republican wins the White House, whenever Republicans win control of Congress, the Drive-Bys always claim that the message is voters want…

— Rush Limbaugh