Quotes on Political Parties

“America has split into closed and radically separated enclaves that follow their own constructions of reality.” Torben Lutjen

“America is a one-party state.” Noam Chomsky

“American parties are like two bottles with different labels, both empty.” Denis Brogan

“I am not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” Will Rogers

“I think parties are pretty irrelevant.” Ron Paul

“In politics, you haven’t said anything until you’ve said it on television.” James Carville

“It sometimes seems almost miraculous that presidents accomplish anything at all.” David Mervin

“Money’s conquest of American politics has therefore rendered impotent the well-worn prescriptions of the left and the right.” Allison Stranger

“Organizing libertarians is like herding cats.” Michael Shermer

“The central conservative truth is that it is culture … that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan

“The hyperpartisanship has been getting more hyper with every passing year that I’ve been here.” Joe Lieberman

“The idea of a welfare state is in itself perfectly consistent with conservative political philosophy.” Irving Kristol

“The question we ask today is not whether government is too big or too small, but whether it works.” Barack Obama

“The Republican Party sometimes feels like an entertainment company based on a religious identity.” Andrew Sullivan

“There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can’t remember what the second one is.” Mark Hanna

“There is no such thing as a bipartisan budget.” Bob Dole

“There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party.” Gore Vidal

“Those who call ourselves liberal are ... conservative, while those who call themselves conservative are … deeply radical.” Paul Krugman

“We basically have two bankrupt parties bankrupting the country.” Larry Diamond

“When you’re explaining, you’re losing.” Karl Rove

“You can define what kind of conservative a person is by what year they want to go back to.” David Brooks