Political Parties Quotes

There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets.

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod.

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.

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.