“If the Republicans, who think slavery is wrong, get possession of the general government, we may not root out the evil at once, but may at least prevent its extension. If I find a venomous snake lying on the open prairie, I seize the first stick and kill him at once. But if that snake is in bed with…”— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikisource.org
“The Republicans inculcate, with whatever of ability they can, that the negro is a man; that his bondage is cruelly wrong, and that the field of his oppression ought not to be enlarged. The Democrats deny his manhood; deny, or dwarf to insignificance, the wrong of his bondage; so far as possible, cru…”— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikiquote.org
“I don’t like to prognosticate but I was the very first guy three years ago that said Trump will be the Republican nominee and was mocked and ridiculed.”— Steve Bannon, news.com.au
“This is not weird, Grace, gay republicans are weird!”— David Kohan, Max Mutchnick, Will Truman, Eric McCormack, imdb.com
“To recap: Republicans are currently defending a pedophile in order to save a Senate seat so that they can push through an enormous tax cut for the rich because it's the only victory their leader, another sexual predator, may get after colluding w/ Russia to steal our election.”— Charles Clymér, twitter.com
“My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.”— Charles Barkley, books.google.com
“Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those w…”— Barry Goldwater, washingtonpost.com
“Leadership knows where the buck stops. Humility helps. Character counts. Leadership does not knowingly encourage or feed ugly or debased appetites in us.”— Jeff Flake, time.com
“The end of the cold war had deprived the Republican Party of its longstanding edge on the national security issue and left the GOP looking for a new defining crusade. Despite the Fitzgerald scandal, the Republicans chose family values as the theme for their 1992 national convention in Houston.”— Larry Flynt, amazon.com
“Whenever I see someone castigating liberals for engaging in identity politics, I wonder what such people imagine the right has been doing all these years. For generations, conservatives have conditioned many Americans to believe that safety-net programs are all about taking things away from white pe…”— Paul Krugman, nytimes.com
“Here's the bottom line: Republicans didn't want to repeal Obamacare that badly. Obamacare was a useful tool for them. For years, they could use it to score short-term messaging victories. People are steamed about high premiums? We'll message on that today. People are angry about losing insurance cov…”— Philip Klein, washingtonexaminer.com