#republic

Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, 'regulation' is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations; Republicans hate them with - how to put it? - evangelical fervor. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#america #cause #cleaner #cry #cutting

If the parties would brand themselves the way Coke and Pepsi and other products do so that you knew what you were buying, it had quality control. I vote for the Republican. He or she will not raise my taxes. I'll buy one. I'll take that one home. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#buy #buying #coke #control #had

If the Republican Party works with the Hispanic community, the immigrant community, they're natural allies. People who came to this country are more freedom-loving and more American than people who just happened to be born here. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#american #born #came #community #country

Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#been #before #budget #ceiling #civil

The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#firm #how #knows #make #open

Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election. ↗

— Michael Reagan

#cannot #election #hasn #parties #pennsylvania

The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. ↗

— Robert Reich

#america #democrats #largest #neither #nor

There are fewer and fewer Republicans. ↗

— Greg Dworkin

#republicans

I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#cubans #democratic #democratic party #hispanics #i

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#letters #like #little #most #nation