I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I’m not an ideologue, I don’t join a party. I follow along and take notes. Sometimes I throw in my two cents. – Anne Roiphe
As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party. – Arlen Specter
I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I’ve just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things. – Claire McCaskill
As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics. – Charles Kennedy
From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition. – Angela Merkel
I am a registered Democrat who is determined to return my party to the proletarian principles of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era. – Camille Paglia
I couldn’t really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to. – Charlie Trotter
There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time. – Brett Favre
The Black Panther Party was not a gang. They grew out of a young black intelligentsia on college campuses. – Bobby Seale
I’m not extremely outgoing, but I’m average, I think. When people meet me they’ll say, ‘Oh you’re not that shy…’ I never said I was! I see where they’re coming from because my biggest single was about being shy at a party – I get it. But it’s not 100% accurate. – Alessia Cara
I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty of every patriot and citizen of our country to make sure that this party is destroyed. – Alexei Navalny
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it’s the glue that holds everyone together. – Charles Kennedy
In our system of government, an opposition party doesn’t have the ability to pass legislation, but it has the ability to massively screw things up. – Alex Pareene
The Democratic Party has gotten narrower and it’s gotten smaller and it’s fundamentally wrong on all the key questions involving the economic future of this country and our hopes of prosperity. And many Americans are beginning to realize that. – Artur Davis
If you take something out of the freezer, it’s cold, but what happens when it melts? It’s a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I’m more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility. – Alber Elbaz
I don’t party. I’m a total homebody. I like hanging out with my cat, and I’ve actually been known to stay home and knit. – Bethany Joy Lenz
L. Ram Saran Das was a member of the revolutionary party which was held responsible for many a violent deed. But this by no means proves that revolutionaries are bloodthirsty monsters, seeking pleasure in destruction. – Bhagat Singh
It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past. – Bela Kun
A lot of nasty things were said about me in my own party about my unwillingness to demand the government shutdown. – Cory Gardner
One of the problems the Republican Party has had is that we’re too fast to compromise. You can compromise on the little stuff, but you can’t compromise on your core principles. – Blake Farenthold
After we shot the first ‘Twilight,’ we organized our own wrap party. We really didn’t know what this was going to be. Something like that can come at you unexpectedly, and you just have to try your best to deal with it. – Anna Kendrick
I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite. – Bill Richardson
To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother. – Barry Humphries
When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations. – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
It has been said that the Fed’s job is to take the punch bowl away just as the party gets going, raising interest rates when the economy is growing too fast and inflation threatens. – Alex Berenson
