Quotes about Partisanship
Leading Democrats founded the Ku Klux Klan in the late nineteenth century and then, after Republicans shut it down, revived it in the early twentieth century.
— Dinesh D'Souza
What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party.
— Tony Campolo
Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
— Anonymous
I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.
— Ronald Reagan
The spirit of party opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.
— George Washington
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
— Herbert Hoover
Please assure me that you are all Republicans.
— Ronald Reagan
Protestants so often confuse being Republican with being Christian.
— Tony Campolo
Frequently people just vote for the party out of power because they're disappointed or angry at what is happening at the moment.
— Gloria Steinem
Americans who do not see themselves as victims — of an 'unfair' or 'racist' or 'misogynist' society — are more likely to vote Republican. On the other hand, Americans who see themselves as victims of American society are likely to vote Democrat. Therefore, the Democratic Party and its supportive media cultivate victimhood among almost all Americans who are not white and male.
— Dennis Prager
The Democratic Party is evil.
— Jesse Lee Peterson