Movement Quote by Sarah Palin

If not for the Tea Party, the Republican Party would not be coming back to its roots.

— Richard Mourdock

The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base, they may be willing to…

— Rush Limbaugh

Maybe the Tea Party dream is coming true, and the next Republican presidential nominee will be a blunt-object, red-meat down-the-line rightie.

— Neil Macdonald

The reality of it is I think the GOP - Republicans and certainly conservatives - will partner with the Tea Party movement around this…

— Michael Steele

The way to lessen the grip of the Tea Party on the electoral process would be to do what a handful have done and…

— Chuck Schumer

I think that the tea party, grassroots ideology will win every time.

— Mike Gallagher

The Tea Party isn't out to be a third force in American politics. Instead, it has infiltrated the Republicans and remoulded them in its…

— Andrew Neil

I think we have got to get the Republicans and the Democrats to get back to what I call the fiscal conservative, the issues…

— Michael Enzi

Like all populist movements, the Tea Party will eventually peter out. It won't succeed in returning America to the minimalist state of the 19th…

— Andrew Neil

It will make the Tea Party look like a tea party.

— Russ Feingold

The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide…

— Karl Rove

If the Tea Party gets its way, there will be less government - which is great for the elites. They don't need the government.

— Chrystia Freeland