Democracy Quote by Heather Cox Richardson

Only a few years after building a federal system that cleared the way for equal opportunity, Republicans faced a racist and xenophobic backlash against…

— Heather Cox Richardson

“The Republicans did not set out to establish a strong national state or to facilitate the industrial revolution. They believed strongly in the American…

— David R. Goldfield

“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

At the turn of the last century, extremists were forced back to the political fringes while younger politicians resurrected the vitality of the original…

— Heather Cox Richardson

Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.

— Zach Wamp

Once upon a time, it was the Democrats who claimed to be the party of the working man. No longer. They abandoned the working…

— Corey Stewart

Many Americans, but Republicans in particular, long opposed the nationalization of industry and state-controlled companies that are more common in Europe. Instead, they were…

— Anne Applebaum

When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

— Frank Zappa

Abraham Lincoln and others recoiled from the idea of government as a prop for the rich. In organizing the Republican Party, they highlighted the…

— Heather Cox Richardson

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

“The new Republican Party was formed to denounce the act and stop the expansion of slavery, and the abolitionists began to clean their rifles and…

— Andrew Himes

Traditional Republicanism grew up in the 1850s as opposed to the Democrats, who always saw the world kind of as a 'us vs. them'…

— Heather Cox Richardson