Political Quotes

Republicans and Democrats at Their Best

Archive for September, 2007

Al Sharpton

“I suggest to you tonight that if George Bush had selected the
court in ‘54, Clarence Thomas would have never got to law school.”

– Al Sharpton at the Democratic National Convention, 2004

Ron Paul

“We’ve lost over 5,000 Americans over there in Afghanistan and Iraq
and plus the civilians killed.  How many more do you want to lose?  How
long are we going to be there? How long - what do we have to pay to save
face?  That’s all we’re doing is saving face.  It’s time we came home!”

–  Rep. Ron Paul at the New Hampshire GOP Debate, September 5, 2007

Ted Kennedy

“But don’t you realize, that’s where I sail.”

– Ted Kennedy on his opposition to build an offshore wind farm in
Nantucket Sound, quoted in the book “Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class,
Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound”, 2007

George W. Bush

“We’re kicking ass.”

– President Bush on the War in Iraq to Australian
Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile, Sept. 5, 2007

Al Gore

“During my service in the United States Congress
I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”

– Al Gore in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, 1999