“I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. there must be some scum.”
A. P. Herbert
“To answer my children’s question, I asked them to identify the values of the Lincoln-era Democrats and Republicans. They correctly identified that the slave states (then the Democrats) stood for states’ rights and against civil rights for African-Americans. Lincoln’s and Hamlin’s views on the issue of states’ rights can best be summarized by Lincoln’s response in the Douglas debates: “There is no right to do what’s wrong.””
kristan peters-hamlin
“We ask investors and businessmen to observe workers' rights and they will find us four square behind them.”
Dr. Toni Abela
“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
“This is a primary to recapture the soul of the Democratic party of Bobby Kennedy and the Civil Rights movement.”
Marcy Winograd
“Judge Pickering's record reflects a hostility to civil rights and a vision of the Republican Party that reminds Americans of a painful time in our nation's history, ... Those who lack a strong commitment to our nation's fundamental ideals and principles do not belong in our federal judiciary.”
Edward Kennedy
“It is useless talking about equal rights for women but retain a mentality that is 30 years old. It is useless to reiterate our commitment to defend the vulnerable but continue to harbour prejudices against various groups of people”
Louis Grech MEP
