Famous quotes containing the words republican party, republican, party, presidential and/or debates:
“The Republican Party does not perceive how many his failure will make to vote more correctly than they would have them. They have counted the votes of Pennsylvania & Co., but they have not correctly counted Captain Browns vote. He has taken the wind out of their sails,the little wind they had,and they may as well lie to and repair.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.”
—Woodrow Wilson (18561924)
“In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce ones party three times a day.”
—Jean Rostand (18941977)
“The Republican Vice Presidential Candidate ... asks you to place him a heartbeat from the Presidency.”
—Adlai Stevenson (19001965)
“The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (18051859)