Born Quote by Candace Wheeler

The old-school GOP that championed limited government, fiscal restraint, and the defense of the ideals of democracy at home and abroad was far from…

— Jonathan Capehart

The country badly needs to have a right-of-center political party, grounded in traditional values that the Republican Party represented till it didn't.

— Steve Schmidt

Our leaders ranged from bad to extraordinary. But through it all, the GOP was the one party even vaguely amenable to limited-government conservatism, to…

— Rick Wilson

Having parents who were hard working, blue collar, and staunchly independent, neither political party's positioning really impressed me.

— Kurt Bills

I joined the party because I was a revolutionary, not because of any ideological nonsense.

— Hermann Goring

One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the…

— Rutherford Birchard Hayes

The Republican Party I grew up in was a Republican Party of family unity.

— Ana Navarro

I went to my first national convention in 1976, when my family supported [Ronald] Reagan over [Gerald] Ford, so we've always been Republicans, but…

— Rand Paul

I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor…

— Joseph P. Bradley

One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

I chose the Republican Party because of the principles the party was founded on. This was the party of freedom. This was the party…

— Ryan Frazier

I was a Republican until they lost their minds

— Charles Barkley