American government Quote by Barney Frank

First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but…

— Michael Beschloss

The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20…

— Michael Beschloss

Gentl, I am a party man. I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible. I look upon Parliamentary government as the noblest government…

— Benjamin Disraeli

There are two kinds of systems in the world. There are many-party systems and there are two-party systems. And our English cousins, both England,…

— John Aldrich

The same political parties which now agitiate the US have existed through all time. And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong…

— Thomas Jefferson

In the Constitution, there is no idea of a political party. It is representatives of every constituency because it is so vibrant and varied.

— Prakash Raj

When the Constitution was written in 1787, there was this supposition that American politics would be above party. The people who would staff the…

— H. W. Brands

I don't like political parties in general.

— Ken Wahl

Political parties are made up of people, individuals who vote and politicians and candidates who run for office. That's the basis of a political…

— Byron Donalds

People don't like what's happened to the big parties. They think they've been dragged off to the extremes. They think the quality of leadership…

— David Gauke

Political parties are like poets, born, not made.

— Henry Ford

Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political…

— Tom Wicker