Manning Marable Quotes

You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.

I just am a Democrat. I could never, never be a Republican.

Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something.

As a matter of fact, if we could communicate the truth, not only to the Hispanics but to the black population, all blacks should be Republican, and all Hispanics should be Republican.

A Republican moves slowly. They are what we call conservatives. A conservative is a man who has plenty of money and doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't always have plenty of money. A Democrat is a fellow who never had any, but doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't have some.

I wouldn't say Hollywood is anti-Republican, I certainly haven't experienced that.

Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.

I'm so Republican, my first name starts with 'R.' I'm so right-wing - well, Randy Weber. You do the math.

On my conservative days I’m a Democrat.

I'm not - I'm not going to define people by labels: who's a real Republican, who's not a real Republican.

Most people don't see themselves as Democrats or Republicans. They see themselves as Americans.

I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again.

My side, I am a liberal more than a Democrat.

My parents were Democrats, and I was a Democrat. And John Wayne was a Republican.

I happen to be unique. I'm a Republican that represents an urban area.

As a black person, I have two parties to choose from: liberal and conservative. If I choose to be a liberal - regardless of who I choose - I'm picking the lesser of two evils in my mind basically.

I grew up in Illinois. If you were in Chicago, you were a Democrat. You get out to the suburbs and central Illinois, you're a Republican.

If you want to live like a Republican, you've got to vote for a Democrat.

I don't like labels necessarily because a label doesn't mean very much. But when it comes to being conservative, I happen to be conservative.

Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.

I was a severely conservative Republican governor.

I like to say I'm not a Republican or a Democrat, I'm a Christ-o-crat.

So why would I want to call myself a conservative after the way them white racist thugs have used that word to hide behind? They call themselves new Republicans.

There are more Democratic schmucks than there are Republican ones.

When you're rich, you want a Republican in office.