Left and right Quote by David Pietrusza

Republicans turned against organized workers and abandoned the idea of promoting equality at the bottom of the economic scale. They turned their idea of…

— Heather Cox Richardson

“They persistently refused to support either armed party and believed that both sides were but the reflection of one reality, and the true enemies…

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Under both parties, the U.S. Government has stacked the deck against the American worker…. Both parties have collaborated in the sellout. In embracing free…

— Joseph Befumo

“Farmers were given a plot of land in exchange for overthrowing their leaders. Violence was an indispensable feature of land distribution, implicating a majority…

— Frank Dikötter

It's an old story; it's as old as our history. The difference between Democrats and Republicans has always been measured in courage and confidence.…

— Mario Cuomo

“The political power had intervened, and such was its necessary effect. The Western farmers, who willingly took what appeared to be the advantage of…

— Isabel Paterson

“Very rich benefactors in the Republican Party were far more opposed to taxes and regulations than the rest of the country. “The more Republicans…

— Jane Mayer

Prodded by the needs of the Union cause, the Republican Party created a strong national government that educated young men and gave them land…

— Heather Cox Richardson

“But I am here concerned not so much by the abandonment of States' Rights by the national Democratic Party—an event that occurred some years…

— Barry M. Goldwater

“Cattle lolled empty-eyed in the pens of the stockyards. Pigs grunted lustlessly, unmindful of sows and sex and knives whetted for the coming fall.…

— Stephen King

“The average farmer worked harder than the average forager, and got a worse diet in return. The Agricultural Revolution was history’s biggest fraud.2”

— Yuval Noah Harari