#artie

The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20 different parties that divide Congress and the country and can't govern. ↗

— Michael Beschloss

#congress #country #developed #different #divide

Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to do with parties, has absolutely nothing to do with parties. It's most states are winners take all. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#absolutely #absolutely nothing #candidate #checked #college

It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#i #important #likes #me #parties

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#consider #especially #found #history #i

Good parties create a temporary youthfulness. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#create #good #parties #temporary #youthfulness

I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties. ↗

— Candy Crowley

#good #i #i think #may #need

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#appeal #commons #get #govern #government

It's actually great to shoot far away from Hollywood because we don't have the distractions of the parties and premieres and all that. And, of course, you can save money - there are no good shoe stores. ↗

— Katie Holmes

#away #because #course #distractions #far

I'm terrible as I never take my make-up off at night, which I know is really dreadful. Whenever I'm out partying I just can't be bothered and now I am on 'Loose Women' that tends to be all the time. I hope next year holds even more parties for me. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#bothered #dreadful #even #holds #hope

The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice. ↗

— Dave Barry

#conduct #could #doubt #during #human