Quote by Christopher H. Achen

“Perhaps it was because George H. W. Bush has no fixed ideology that he was underrated within his own party.”

— Roger Stone

“Political parties are like religions that way. They choose us even more than we choose them. Very few people actually conduct a comparative study…

— Charlie Crist

“We must fight for our country and forget our differences. There can be but two parties: the party of patriots and the party of…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

“Well-informed citizens, too, have come in for their share of criticism, since their well-organized “ideological” thinking often turns out to be just a rather…

— Christopher H. Achen

“I am not a member of any organized party -- I am a Democrat”

— Will Rogers

“I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, 'We must broaden the base of our party'- when…

— Ronald Reagan

“Probably about 20 to 25 percent of the adult American population is so right-wing authoritarian, so scared, so self-righteous, so ill-informed, and so dogmatic…

— John W. Dean

“Republican and Democrat are simply two different factions of the same ruling party, and their congressional battles are primarily over political spoils, not political…

— Vox Day

Primary voters can get confused between candidates whose ideology is very similar, so they look to the party elders.

— Harry Enten

“I’m not a Democrat, I’m not a Republican, and I don’t even consider myself an American. If you and I were Americans, there’d be…

— Joy James

“In the face of reformer civilians, even the politicians themselves will forget which party they belong to, so will their next of kin.”

— Abhijit Naskar

It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans…

— Jim Costa