“I cannot agree to such a coalition where one party has all of the power and the other party has to deal with all the difficult problems.”
Donald Tusk
“To a group of 25-year-olds here for a bachelor party, it'll conjure up a sense of naughtiness, escape and a secret-keeping thing. But to a 75-year-old couple from Des Moines, it'll be violating their low-cholesterol order from their doctor, and having shrimp cocktail at 3 o'clock in the morning and not telling their kids about it.”
Billy Vassiliadis
“Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven”
Charles Williams
“Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.”
Harold Wilson
“To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals”
Mark Twain
“These reforms propose to create competitive elections. Under the current system, the party in power draws its district to create lopsided and safe seats for candidates. Our reforms take the politics out of it and create competition in the elections process. We believe if politicians have to work to earn their seats, they'll be more responsive to their constituents.”
Keary McCarthy
“Great wealth always supports the party in power, no matter how corrupt it may be. It never exerts itself for reform, for it instinctively fears change.”
George Herbert
