Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.
Political Parties Quotes
The political parties created democracy and modern democracy is unthinkable save in terms of parties… The parties are not therefore merely appendages of modern government; they are in the center of it and play a determinative and creative role in it.
I don’t want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny – Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.
Mr. Towns, who represents parts of Brooklyn, suggested that the climate is so partisan in the House that when he has not been willing to let Republicans claim ownership of a bill he authored, Republicans “just take it; most of the time, they just take it,” he said. There are enough mistakes of the Democrats […]
Young people, do not be led astray by the theory of voting for the man and not for the party. Vote the straight Republican ticket regardless of the qualifications of the candidate for office. (Supreme Court of Indiana, 1920s)
To me party platforms are contracts with the people.
Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan, I know he’s going to vote against me.
Men think they think upon the great political questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read its literature, but not that of the other side.
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.
Look at the tyranny of party – at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty – a snare invented by designing men for selfish purposes – and which turns voters into chattles, slaves, rabbits, and all the while their masters, and they themselves are shouting rubbish about liberty, independence, freedom of opinion, freedom of speech, […]
