quotations about democrats
If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Profiles in Courage
I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.
HORACE GREELEY
attributed, Phillips' Treasury of Humorous Quotations
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale.
RONALD REAGAN
speech, Aug. 17, 1992
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
OSCAR LEVANT
attributed, Values of the Wise: Humanity's Highest Aspirations
A Democrat is just like a baby. If it's hollering and making a lot of noise, there is nothing serious the matter with it. When it's quiet and doesn't pay much attention to anything, that's when it's really dangerous.
WILL ROGERS
Never Met a Man I Didn't Like
I am not a member of any organized party -- I am a Democrat.
WILL ROGERS
attributed, Phillips' Treasury of Humorous Quotations
The Democratic Party has demonstrated ... that [it] is a party of progress and of change, that it is the party dedicated to serve the needs of our people and to keep America forever abreast of a forever changing world.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
remarks by telephone to a dinner meeting of the Ohio State Democratic Convention in Columbus, Sep. 21, 1962
The Democrats are like a beehive that has lost their queen -- only, in this case, the queen is not Nancy Pelosi, but Barack Obama. He alone was able to hold this fractious cuckoo's nest together.
ROGER L. SIMON
"No, Nancy. It's the Dems Who Are Engaged in a 'Cover-Up", PJ Media, May 22, 2019
The Statue of Liberty means everything. We take it for granted today. We take it for granted. Remember the Statue of Liberty stands for what America is. We as Democrats have to remind ourselves and remind the country the great principles we stand for. This is a place of protection. This is not a country of bullies. We are not an empire. We are the light. We are the Statue of Liberty.
JERRY SPRINGER
This American Life, Jan. 30, 2004
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy.
DAVE BARRY
The World According to Dave Barry
A Democrat is a barefooted Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write.
WILLIAM FAULKNER
The Reivers
No, sir, th' dimmycratic party ain't on speakin' terms with itsilf. Whin ye see two men with white neckties go into a sthreet car an' set in opposite corners while wan mutthers Thraiter an' th' other hisses Miscreent ye can bet they're two dimmycratic leaders thryin' to reunite th' gran' ol' party.
FINLEY PETER DUNNE
Mr. Dooley's Opinions
Democrats are children of the Enlightenment. They believe in the perfectibility of humanity. They revere systems even more than they do results.
PAUL BEGALA
attributed, The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left is Right
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then get elected and prove it.
P.J. O'ROURKE
Holidays in Hell
In every presidential election, Democrats want to fall in love--Republicans just fall in line.
BILL CLINTON
U.S. News & World Report, 2003
Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
attributed, Living History
Democrats always were a cheap lot. They never had much money to operate on.... They would rather make a speech than a dollar. They cultivate their voice instead of their finances.
WILL ROGERS
Never Met a Man I Didn't Like
Now, in contrast to how Republicans kowtow and sign pledges to, even the rather extreme elements of their base--Democrats like to roil and aggravate and alienate theirs. It is sometimes called “punching the hippy.”
RACHEL MADDOW
The Rachel Maddow Show, Jul. 7, 2011
There are a whole lot of religious people in America, including the majority of Democrats. When we abandon the field of religious discourse--when we ignore the debate about what it means to be a good Christian or Muslim or Jew; when we discuss religion only in the negative sense of where or how it should not be practiced, rather than in the positive sense of what it tells us about our obligations toward one another; when we shy away from religious venues and religious broadcasts because we assume that we will be unwelcome--others will fill the vacuum. And those who do are likely to be those with the most insular views of faith, or who cynically use religion to justify partisan ends.
BARACK OBAMA
Audacity of Hope
You've got to be an optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one.
WILL ROGERS
Good Gulf Radio Show, Jun. 24, 1934