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“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

Somehow it has been forgotten that the Republican party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist movement, with one simple creed: that slavery is…

— Elbert Guillory

“…in recent history the Democrat Party has created the illusion that their agenda and their policies are what’s best for black people. Somehow it’s…

— Elbert Guillory

The Republican Party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist movement.

— Elbert Guillory

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

“But two years into our parties, I surveyed the scene from the corner and wondered, Why are we having these parties? What were we…

— Sheila Heti

“Look at the tyranny of party-- at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty-- a snare invented by designing men for selfish purposes-- and…

— Mark Twain

The campaign against polygamy, around which a lot of anti-Mormon sentiment was organized, seems horrific to me.

— Andrew Solomon

I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.

— Alphonso Jackson

I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the…

— Marion Barry

The Libertarian Party holds that same-sex marriages are an individual issue and that the government has no right to determine with whom a person…

— Michael Badnarik

Republicans were historically the party ever-expanding freedom to disenfranchised minorities, from newly liberated slaves to giving women the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony…

— Margaret Hoover