Changed Quote by Lincoln Chafee

I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles.

— Michael Bloomberg

I am still a Republican. I have not changed that.

— Lisa Murkowski

I was a Democrat for a period of time early on. And then I was also an independent. And then I became a Republican.

— Donald Trump

I have gone from a Barry Goldwater Republican to a New Democrat, but I think my underlying values have remained pretty constant; individual responsibility…

— Hillary Clinton

Although no one had ever really sat me down and explained the difference between a Democrat and Republican, my values more so aligned with…

— Anna Paulina Luna

Politics hasn't changed, but I've changed.

— Michael Portillo

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.

— Heather Wilson

I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn't much difference between a…

— Kurt Russell

In 1989 when I switched from Democrat to Republican, with God as my witness, not one thing changed about what I believed about one…

— J. C. Watts

I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what…

— Jesse Helms

One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the…

— Rutherford Birchard Hayes

I tried to salvage the situation with the Republican Party for a long time. We've had for decades a departure from the fundamental values…

— Richard Painter