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

— Elbert Guillory

“Bleeding Kansas and the Caning of Charles Sumner   The reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act was intense, and in many ways violent. In the…

— Lance T. Stewart

“after the Civil War both parties now were controlled by capitalists. They were divided along North-South lines, still hung over with the animosities of…

— Howard Zinn

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

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

Historically, if you look back at the struggle to end slavery, the struggle to gain womens' right to vote, the labor movement - these…

— Jill Stein

“the party was a hierarchy; you started at the bottom and moved up one step at a time—school board, city council, state assembly—and then…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“Now it must be said that when a major political party basically rejects the outcome of a free election, we are in uncharted territory.…

— Dinesh D'Souza

“The radical philosophy offered, for many African Americans, the most promise. It was predicated on a searing critique of large corporations, particularly railroads, and…

— Michelle Alexander

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

“Dewey could only shake his head in wonder at those who insisted on ideological purity and who wanted to purge the party of moderates…

— Scott Farris