“The greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the twentieth century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal wing of the Democratic Party that ended segregation. The fact is that it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who gave hope to a nation that was in despair and could have slid into dictatorship. And the fact is, every Republican has much to learn from studying what the Democrats did right.”
![“The Republican Party, in many ways, grew up as a reaction to that [ segregation], and a lot of people have misunderstood that.” quote by Jeff Sessions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/92f/jeff-sessions-2380_grew_the-republican-party-in-many-ways-grew-u_2358582.jpg)
![“We shouldn't let the Republicans off the hook. Theodore Roosevelt, we learned from Jeff Cowan's new book, was just as bad as certainly [Louis] Brandeis was, or many Democrats were on the question of segregation.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2f6/jeffrey-rosen-13180_book_we-shouldn-t-let-the-republicans-off-the_1635224.jpg)
![“In the 1950s and '60s the [democrat] party included many obviously earnest and thoughtful liberals who supported goals that were in line with and expressions of serious beliefs. They believed that America was an exceptional country.” quote by Peggy Noonan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1fc/peggy-noonan-4902_america_in-the-1950s-and-60s-the-democrat-party_2167628.jpg)
![“There was an analyst who came out the other day who's had a long track record of projecting presidential campaigns based on the economy and other kind of factors. And he said if [Donald] Trump stays about where he is right now, he'll win at about 51 or 52 percent. If Trump actually gets his act…” quote by Newt Gingrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fdf/newt-gingrich-792_analysts_there-was-an-analyst-who-came-out-the-ot_106317.jpg)
![“[The Clinton health care initiative is] washed-over old-time bureaucratic liberalism, or centralized bureaucratic socialism.” quote by Newt Gingrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f52/newt-gingrich-792_care_the-clinton-health-care-initiative-is-wa_124072.jpg)
![“I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]” quote by Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d2/bill-hicks-970_america_i-ll-smoke-i-ll-cough-i-ll-get-the-tumor_655.jpg)
