Jack Schlossberg Quotes

My Republican compatriots do not feel that people ought to work with Democrats across the aisle—Compromise is a bad word.

I've decided to cut out the part of the speech where I say anything nice about Democrats.

Aren't we at the point where the closer we get to chaos, the more concern that there should be about coming to the table and compromising with Democrats? This is not leadership. This is almost like dictatorship.

The Democrats in particular are do-nothing guys.

[Politics in America is:] A chess tournament disguised as a circus.

In politics you win by division.

House Speaker John Boehner and presumed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell understand the art of politics.

Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation.

Washington is politics! Somehow if people have political objectives, then those objectives are automatically disqualified? If that's the case, the Democrats have no business being legitimized about anything because everything they do is political.

Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows.

In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well.

The Democrats have nothing to cheer but fear itself.

The House Democrats don't want Gore humiliated, so they slammed the door of the Capitol in my face. They are cowards.

I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.

I lost a lot of territory I really enjoyed having, but there was no doubt I had to do it to help Democrats.

Politics is not longer about argument of discussions it is about trying to put your opponents into the box of the untouchables.

I do hope that next year Republicans and Democrats will do nothing.

Elections are about fucking your enemies. Winning is about fucking your friends.

I don't think politics has gotten too negative. I ... believe in going after the opposition on the issues.

There are some in Congress who would rather see their opponents lose than see their country win. That has got to stop…. They must find a way to put country ahead of party.

Members of Congress don’t speak to their colleagues any more. They talk to the national audience.

Politics in Washington is a contact sport. But it shouldn't be a personal animosity sport.

You talk about leading Republicans. That's no easy task on just like you were trying to lead Democrats on the other side. We all have independent thoughts and independent ideas.

The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.