Administration Quote by John Quincy Adams

There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have…

— John Quincy Adams

Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ…

— Thomas Jefferson

Both parties are so entrenched in their ideologies and a desire to score political points and hold on to power that we never seem…

— Bob Beckel

The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve…

— Calvin Coolidge

Poor, successful, fallible Republican party! If it could only have kept the purity of the patriot impulse of which it was born!

— Candace Wheeler

In the past, leaders of both parties have been able to reach across the partisan divide. They succeeded by retaining their own humanity and…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy.

— Stockwell Day

In the 1950s and '60s the [democrat] party included many obviously earnest and thoughtful liberals who supported goals that were in line with and…

— Peggy Noonan

There are always two kinds of people in every country: Progressives and reactionaries; wise people and ignorant; democrats and fascists; libertarians and oppressive. All…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The greatest betrayal of the liberal left in this country is by the Labour party.

— Anna Soubry

“These two norms undergirded American democracy for most of the twentieth century. Leaders of the two major parties accepted one another as legitimate and…

— Steven Levitsky

“Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he…

— George Orwell