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Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party; the party left him. I can certainly relate. I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me. ↗

— Charlie Crist

#century #certainly #democratic #democratic party #enter

I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious. ↗

— Charlie Crist

#campaign #effective #efficient #government #i

I'm here tonight, not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an optimistic American who understands that we must come together behind the one man who can lead the way forward in these challenging times: my president, our president, Barack Obama! ↗

— Charlie Crist

#barack #barack obama #behind #challenging #challenging times

Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it! ↗

— Davy Crockett

#chance #fame #fellow #greased #hands

Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality. It was because the followers of Jackson and Douglas did fight for it, that the Union was preserved. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#conception #consequences #country #democracy #did

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country. ↗

— George Crumb

#happy #kind #music #time

In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#extreme #individualism #jefferson #mind #tantamount

Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#added #always #american #associated #been

It's time to create an Economic Growth Code whose purpose is to fix and grow the economy, not redistribute massive amounts of wealth. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#create #economic #economic growth #economy #fix

The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#american #benefits #citizens #civilization #economic