First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties.
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From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.
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My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict upon the important political issues that separate the two parties in this country.
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There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.
quote by John Adams
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Political language - and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists - is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
quote by George Orwell (1946)
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In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.
quote by Thomas E. Mann
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Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.
quote by Dorothy Day
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There's a problem with political polling in that you have so much pressure to do what your client wants you to do and say what your client wants you to say. I've never felt that pressure. I am independent of the political parties.
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
quote by John Arbuthnot
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
quote by Benazir Bhutto
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Put three Zionists in a room and they will form four political parties.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
quote by R. Buckminster Fuller
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The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.
quote by Susan George
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The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.
quote by Roger Mahony
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I know that it can be very easy, under the intensive pressures of a campaign, for even well-intentioned people to fall into shady tactics — to rationalize this on the grounds that what is at stake is of such importance to the Nation that the end justifies the means. And both of our great parties have been guilty of such tactics in the past. In recent years, however, the campaign excesses that have occurred on all sides have provided a sobering demonstration of how far this false doctrine can take us. The lesson is clear: America, in its political campaigns, must not again fall into the trap of letting the end, however great that end is, justify the means. I urge the leaders of both political parties, I urge citizens, all of you, everywhere, to join in working toward a new set of standards, new rules and procedures to ensure that future elections will be as nearly free of such abuses as they possibly can be made. This is my goal. I ask you to join in making it America's goal.
quote by Richard Nixon
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And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.
quote by Wendell Willkie
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How Do We Get Their Attention July 19th
Canadians are not encouraged to notice appointees,
Secretly politically selected and have no need to please,
To the Senate, the governor general and the Supreme Court,
Their word is then law and they don't need political support.
An elected High Court would make proper Canadian decisions,
An elected Senate might even make some legal revisions,
But our elected party politicians want nothing to change,
They'll form another sub committee soon but not to rearrange.
Therefore we are helpless to bring about real political change,
Though political parties often hint that they will rearrange,
We don't have binding referendums or death with dignity,
Even the BC Supreme Court was turned down dismally.
poem by James Bredin
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These three movements were born spontaneously and independently of the initiative of a few French patriots who had a place in the old political groups and parties.
quote by Jean Moulin
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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
quote by Herbert Croly
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The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.
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