Beyond Quote by Thomas Frank

“The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them.”

— Christopher Hitchens

Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises.

— Teresa Heinz

Rhetoric matters, and what candidates say is not simply for show.

— Jamelle Bouie

I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and…

— Christine Lagarde

Partisanship must end at the waters edge.

— Harry S. Truman

It is impossible, maybe undesirable, to take partisanship out of the political process.

— David Souter

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must…

— Alice Walker

The best defense against partisanship is expertise.

— Roger Angell

Political partisans are very good at certain things, including mental gymnastics. We can explain away almost anything that doesn't support our party, candidate or…

— Jessica Tarlov

Republicans should be prepared to bolster their own grassroots efforts, keep promises made on the campaign trail and to fend off calculated, effective attacks…

— Katie Pavlich

All parties attempt to represent important things that have developed outside themselves as unimportant, and where they fail in this they assail those things…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I'm not really a Democrat or a Republican, but I don't like rhetoric.

— Sir Mix-a-Lot