H. P. Lovecraft Quotes
As for the Republicans -- how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, [and] steel their emotions against decent human sympathy.
Lovecraft, H. P. Selected Letters V: 1934-1937. Edited by August Derleth and James Turner, Arkham House, 1976.
This appears to be the first use of the term, "Conservative party."
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
The Republican Party has become See {635400} for an earlier expression of his frustration that his party was abandoning its roots and its principles developed under its 2 greatest Presidents, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Crist, an excellent governor was driven out of the Republican Party when the Tea Party extremists gained a degree of control within the party driving it far to the right.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became known as the Cthulhu Mythos.