Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronald Reagan

We ought to take a serious look and see if we haven't interfered with the democratic rights of the people.

When Republicans represent moderate districts, they become less conservative just as Democrats representing conservative districts become less liberal. The least conservative Republican members Mike Fitzpatrick, Jim Gerlach and Curt Weldon all represent suburban Philadelphia districts, where the voters tend to be more moderate.

Mohamed ElBaradei

The Israelis should understand that it is in their long-term interest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor, and that it is prudent to acknowledge the legitimate interests of the Palestinians and to grant them their own state.

William Ruto

The government that was elected through democratic process should rule by the law. It is a government inviting the wrath of the people.

Threats of black-listing have no place in Democratic politics. It's a disgusting tactic and it's been done out of pure desperation.

I would not exclude any political group as long as it respects the democratic process.

Metro should study the democratic process before they study a way to get around it.

Orrin Hatch

We have one Democrat who was willing to stand up to his own caucus. Let me tell you, that was a big-time thing.

Dick Gephardt

We in the Democratic Party feel strongly that the people in the middle, the people stuck on the bottom, are the people we need to be giving the majority of this tax cut.

Without Chafee, you're going to get an extremely liberal Democrat in that seat.

Martin Sheen

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.

Barney Frank

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.

The problem with having a state as expensive as New Jersey in play is that it might divert resources from other races. National Democrats would prefer not to spend money in New Jersey. But they may have to if this race gets close.

Nobody should be surprised that Republicans vote for Republican policy. Just like Democrats vote for Democrat policy.

Pork is the inevitable feature of the democratic process.

Charles Kennedy

Only the Liberal Democrats have probed the government's failings consistently, thoroughly and effectively.

On the Democratic side, we've had somebody looking at it for a long time. From the party's perspective, when you've not had the governor's office in 10 years you're ready for a race like this for quite some time.

Don Siegelman should be a star in the Democratic Party. Instead, he's a former elected official sentenced to prison by a right-wing judge in Alabama.

Samantha Power

Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a general shrinking of the democratic space.

John Podesta

That doesn't necessarily mean they have to have an explicit proposal that they put forward that all Democrats sign up to, but I think they need to throw some ideas out that, at least directionally, point the way forward.

National Democrats often try to pay for something with oil and gas taxes.

Aneurin Bevan

There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism.

We've gone from a situation of Democratic dominance to parity.

Jalal Talabani

We support the principle of democratic change, even with American assistance.

Elliott Abrams

The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move toward respect for democratic politics and human rights were of a piece with the practices of Hosni Mubarak - only bolder and more repressive.

Lynn Westmoreland

What the Democrats don't seem to understand is that higher taxes mean fewer American jobs and less American production.

Jesse Helms

In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party.

Stewart Udall

I don't remember a big fight between the Republicans and Democrats in the Nixon administration or President Gerald Ford and so on.

Timothy Noah

There's no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases.

Bernard Williams

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

Anthony Trollope

Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels.

There is a power to the street that's part of the democratic process when all else has failed,

Tom Rath

We've seen the enemy, and he is us. We have to get back to the basics. Let's talk about small government and reduced spending, and don't let the Democrats take those issues.