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Party honesty is party expediency.
Grover Cleveland1837–1908Interview in New York Commercial Advertiser (19 September 1889).
I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met anyone who is pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is not being pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is trusting the individual to make the right decision for herself and her family, and not entrusting that decision to anyone wearing the authority of government in any regard.
Hillary Clintonborn 1947
- Abortion
The White House: I don’t know whether it’s the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the prison system.
Bill Clintonborn 1946
If you look back on the ’60s and think there was more good than harm, you’re probably a Democrat. If you think there was more harm than good, you’re probably a Republican.
Bill Clintonborn 1946
It takes a long time to turn a big country around.
Bill Clintonborn 1946
I would like to say to you, to the leaders of the left, and the leaders of the right, I sing… I sing for everyone. My song has no flag, my song has no party.
Leonard Cohen1934–2016Warsaw concert (1985)
- Music
And reality has a well-known liberal bias.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner (April 2006)
- Clever Jabs
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
- Economics
A colored man is precisely as much entitled to submit his candidacy in a party primary, as is any other citizen. The decision must be made by the constituents to whom he offers himself, and by nobody else.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Letter to Charles F. Gardner (1924)
- Race
There are a lot of bad Republicans; there are no good Democrats.
Ann Coulterborn 1961Interview with Brian Lamb at Booknotes (August 11, 2002).
- Clever Jabs
Do not trust to that; for these very persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
Oliver Cromwell1599–1658Remark to John Lambert as crowds cheered them (June 1650), as quoted by Gilbert Burnet, History of My Own Time
- Fame
The most heroic word in all languages is REVOLUTION.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926“Revolution” in New York Worker (27 April 1907)
The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926Open letter to the American Railway Union, Chicago Railway Times (1 January 1897)
- Economics
Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like all other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926What’s the matter with Chicago? (1902)
- Clever Jabs
- Economics