Republican Quotes

The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.

The great unknown in this country is where this leaves the Republican Party after this election. Will it be the party of the Kochs or will it be the party of [Donald] Trump?

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

What we see happening with this Republican strategy is a willingness to threaten the very foundation of the world's greatest economic power. That is a very risky proposition.

In a Republican district I was a Republican. In a Democratic district I was a Democrat. And in a doubtful district, I was Doubtful. But I was always for Erie.

Of course, Republicans still can't believe that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. But then Democrats can't believe that Sarah Palin wrote a book.

John Kerry described his Republican critics as 'the most crooked, lying group I've ever seen.' Now, that's saying something, because Kerry's both a lawyer and a politician.

Rumors have restarted that the Republican ticket will not be Bush-Cheney. But today those rumors were put to rest when Cheney said, 'No, I'm keeping him on the ticket.'

I'm a staunch Independant. Every time I think I am a Republican, they do something greedy, and every time I think I am a Democrat, they go and do someting stupid.

Yesterday in New York City, Donald Trump officially changed his political affiliation from Republican to Independent. And Donald's hair has switched from pelt to carpet sample.

Now the Democrats control the Senate. But the good news is that now the Republicans can admit that Strom Thurmond has been dead since 1988.

The Republican debate got pretty heated. They spent most of their time arguing over who God called first.

Herman Cain told a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters to go home, get a job, and get a life. That's the Republican version of hope and change, ladies and gentlemen.

Tonight the Republican presidential candidates had a big debate, 10 candidates. The last time that many rich white guys got together, I think Exxon merged with Mobil.

It looks like Rudy Giuliani is out of the race. Finally, a Republican with an exit strategy.

Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican." She shook her head. "Where are the values I raised you with?

The next Republican that will win will campaign in the Latino community, will campaign amongst Asian-Americans, will campaign in the black churches, will campaign in college campuses.

I will support the Republican nominee.

If I am a Republican shill, wouldn't you think I am the least amount of a threat to the president?

I'm sure I could fall in love with a Democrat as easily as a Republican. Some things transcend politics.

They [Republican voters] believe in a foreign policy that puts America first: Give me a break. And so a lot of our drift within our party has gotten away from that.

Winston County was a pocket of Republicans. Even in the depression days, when Democrats dominated Alabama, Winston County remained a Republican county and all the elected officials were Republican.

Basically [I become a Republican], pretty early. I had an English teacher that got me to subscribe to the National Review.

The Republican Party, in many ways, grew up as a reaction to that [ segregation], and a lot of people have misunderstood that.

Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican.

My views tend to be centrist. I'm not a big fan of George W., but my politics tend to be more Republican than not.

I don't want Democrats in the boardroom and I don't want Republicans in the bedroom.

The thing is, and Americans are starting to realize this now, that while street gangs are violent, the Democrats and Republicans are worse. They are worse because their decisions affect your life.

I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.

Don't vote for a Democrat or Republican, I have never voted for one in my life and I never will.

Barack Obama's large contributor was Goldman Sachs - same thing on the Republican side. If you go to both their conventions, you see the same lobbyists paying off both sides so they win either way.

Donald Trump is not a Republican, he's an Independent.

Republicans were more pro-choice than Democrats up until the late 1980s.

I've always wondered what it means to the Republican Party to be pro-Israel. My husband says that is is because certain sects of Christianity need Jews in Israel for the second coming.

Under Donald Trump, you know, we've seen the foundation of the Republican Party move into the Democratic Party, so Donald Trump, I think, will have a lot of trouble moving things through Congress.

The largest bloc of voters now has divorced the Democratic and Republican parties, which are now minority parties and the plurality of voters now are independent. They're looking for something else.

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.

What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.

Big news from last night's Republican debate, you guys. It turns out George Bush was actually the smart Texas governor.

Republicans also took control of the Senate after gaining another seven seats. I haven't seen the GOP get this many seats since Chris Christie made an airline reservation.

Republican candidate Ben Carson told reporters he thinks American prisons might be too comfortable. As opposed to Mexican prisons that have personal showers with $5 million escape tunnels.

Republican Ted Cruz announced that he will run for president in 2016. So finally, Carnival is no longer the most dangerous cruise in America.

This Republican Kevin McCarthy makes Hillary [Clinton] the victim.

It is unfortunate we were put in the position where the Republicans made it clear they were ready to let everything fall unless they got these tax cuts.

I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.

We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.

No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'

[I] never understood [what a republican government was and] I believe no other man ever did or ever will.