#democrat

So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination because he would have been rejected by all those people who had worked with him in Washington. ↗

— Michael Beschloss

#been #convention #democratic #getting #had

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#country #democrat #democrats #republican #republicans

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#i #never #said #were

Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#democratic #generous #most #open #our

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#any #believe #communal #democratic #firmly

Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#democratic #economic #economic prosperity #education #hearing

I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently. Most of it is because in my band, Incubus, it is very much a collaborative effort. I do what I do in the band, and everyone plays their respective parts, but in the end, we are sort of a democratic process. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#actually #band #because #collaborative #democratic

I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is selected and confirmed, is beyond electoral control. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#confirmed #control #democratic #effort #electoral

Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#both #caribbean #central #countries #democracies

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

#also #budget #democrats #done #entitlements