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 Democrats were crushed in the midterm elections. The Republican juggernaut pounded the Democrats, and the pundits say they will not really know what…

— David Letterman

In short, Republicans under Trump have finally destroyed the New Deal, turning the government over to a small cadre of wealthy businessmen, unhampered, to…

— Heather Cox Richardson

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

The thing to remember is that Donald Trump didn't rescue the Republican Party, he crushed the Republican Party. The Republican Party was so weak…

— George Stephanopoulos

The GOP’s thirst for confrontation and crisis is symptomatic of a destructive and nihilistic streak that has overtaken our political system. When one party…

— Mike Lofgren

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not…

— Michael Bloomberg

Activism spawned by Sanders campaign is beginning to make inroads into electoral politics. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party pretty much collapsed at the…

— Noam Chomsky

By laying the groundwork for a system centered on home ownership rather than the public housing popular in Europe, the New Deal made possible…

— Jonathan Alter

Democrats believed in "progressivism." They believed in Big Government. But they at least attached optimistic outcomes to it. They really believed they were helping…

— Rush Limbaugh

The Republicans had a real advantage over the Democrats for a long time. And the principal advantage they have had is they have concentrated…

— Elizabeth Warren

I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the…

— Theodore C. Sorensen