The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
- Thomas Jefferson
I've never been able to understand why a republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.
- Ronald Reagan
Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.
- George W. Bush
Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.
- Rudy Giuliani
Republicans study the financial pages of the newspaper. Democrats put them in the bottom of the birdcage.
- Will Stanton
A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.
- Thomas Jefferson
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale.
- Ronald Reagan
I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
- Ronald Reagan
In a republican nation whose citizens are to be lead by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.
- Thomas Jefferson
How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world. That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution.
- Ron Paul
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I am from the government and I am here to help'.
- Ronald Reagan
I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
- Fredrick Douglas
Up here in Alaska we're sitting on billions of barrels of oil. We're sitting on hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of natural gas onshore and offshore. And it seems to be only the Republicans who understand that companies should be competing for the right to tap those resources, and get that energy source flowing into these hungry markets so that we will be less reliant on foreign sources of energy. In a volatile world, relying on foreign regimes that are not friendly to Americans, asking them to ramp up resource production for our benefit, that's nonsensical.
- Sarah Palin
Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet.
- Ronald Reagan
I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.
- Rick Perry
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
- Fredrick Douglas