Political Parties Quotes

To err is human, to blame it on the other party is politics.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party-man.

The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.

Here lies our good Edmund (Burke), whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the Universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.

I’m a dyed-in-the-wool party man. I don’t know just what party I am in right now, but I am for the party.

No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation.

We are at this moment facing a new conflict in this country, the importance of which we are only just beginning to perceive. It lies between two great parties, one a progressive party seeking to give the government more power in business affairs, the other a conservative party striving to retain all the power possible […]

The two major political parties can be summed up this way: There are two parties, one is the Stupid Party and the other is the Evil Party. Occasionally these two parties create legislation that is both stupid and evil. This is called bi-partisianship.

The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon and the incompetence of Carter. Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life rafts.