Elite Quote by Heather Cox Richardson

Would I like to see the Republican Party be the dominant party for whatever time history gives it the chance to be? You bet.

— Karl Rove

The Republican Party's history is rich and chock full of emancipation and black history.

— Rand Paul

I think it's important to understand the history of the Republican Party. It was founded in 1854 because of the moral collapse of the…

— Steve Schmidt

For the longest time, the Republican Party has been the party of opportunities and I'm an example of that.

— Young Kim

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

The history of the modern Republican Party is the story of moderates being driven out and conservatives taking over - and then of those…

— Max Boot

I think the Republican Party is... accurately defined as a party that looks out for the interests of the very wealthy.

— Bob Herbert

“Let’s face it: The Republican Party is no longer a broad-based conservative party in the historically accepted sense. It is an oligarchy with a…

— Mike Lofgren

The history of the Republican Party is a history of fighting for freedom and equality for all people. We need to stand up for…

— Mark Robinson

The history of our Party is just the path travelled by our great people: its might is their might, its greatness is their greatness,…

— Kim Jong-un

The Republican establishment, the mainstream corporate financial wealth, is getting to a point where it can't control the base it's mobilized.

— Noam Chomsky

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