Democrats Quotes
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Top Democrats have mixed feelings about Sen. Hillary Clinton running for president. Apparently, some Democrats don't like the idea, while others hate it.
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I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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If you try to make the Democrats be what they are not, and never will be, you will end up being more like what the Democrats actually are.
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We'll get things done together. Democrats, Republicans, independents, we're going to make progress together when I'm president.
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If you go against someone, you say, you can't vote for these Democrats, they don't have good values, they're not good people, they're weak, they're spineless, they're don't love America, they're giving aid and comfort to Saddam Hussein, that's the kind of thing I think is bad for America, because it stops the voters from thinking. And any time you stop thinking in a free society you get in trouble.
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I'm reaching out to all Americans - Democrats, Republicans, and independents - because we need everybody to help make our country what it should be, to grow the economy, to make it fairer, to make it work for everyone. We need your talents, your skills, your commitments, your energy, your ambition.
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I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.
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Pushing gun control drives people in my district crazy, gay marriage, abortion, deficit spending.All of that stuff adds up to be a problem for Democrats.
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Why are Republicans older than Democrats? Because it takes awhile for life to beat the stupid out of you, that's why.
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A lot of conservatives have had reservations about him for a long time, but have been afraid to speak out for fear that it would help liberals and the Democrats.
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The only way Democrats can govern in this country is by making common cause with moderates and independents.
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After Vietnam, the Democrats became fundamentally the anti-military as a party.
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There's a lot of confusion about the political ideologies of both parties Democrats and Republicans have switched 180 degrees in 150 years. It just too confusing. Everybody claiming Lincoln as their own. And everybody should claim Lincoln as their own, because he represents all of us, and what he did basically provided the opportunities that all of us are enjoying today.
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Democrats don't have a lot of time to turn the party around.
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That tax relief can spur the economy and thereby benefit all Americans is something that Washington Democrats used to understand. President Kennedy, for example, aggressively cut taxes after being elected to stimulate the economy as a means of helping all Americans.
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It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who they are, in order to be able to project their values and stand up for them.
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My father, Birch Bayh, represented Indiana in the Senate from 1963 to 1981. A progressive, he nonetheless enjoyed many friendships with moderate Republicans and Southern Democrats.
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Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department.
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The conservative Republican governors tend to be more oriented toward trying to work with Democrats and getting things done.
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My parents were both Democrats and I grew up as a Democrat. Basically I was told that the Democrats were the party that cared about people. I liked people and I cared about them, so I was a Democrat.
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Nobody should be surprised that Republicans vote for Republican policy. Just like Democrats vote for Democrat policy.
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Democrats don't sound united.
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The political future for Democrats is daunting.
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What I'm concerned about is the views of many Democrats who know their states, who know how hard it is to win a general election. And it also will push whoever the nominee is into the spotlight. I've been vetted. There's hardly anything you don't know about me. And I think it's fair to say that whoever is in that position, Senator Bernie Sanders or anyone else who might have run, will face the most withering onslaught.
