Will Rogers Quotes

The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

The leader of a political party in a country like ours is so exposed that his enemies become as numerous and formidable as his friends.

It’s hard for the opposition party to break in when things are going well economically.

It is the steady abuse of power in other governments which renders that of opposition always the popular party.

You cannot have an opposition party unless it is opposed to the people in power.

We call for a hostile takeover of the Republican Party!

The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.

The Workers Party rose to power when the Western Left began its descent.

The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

It's our job as Liberal Democrats to be an effective opposition - and an increasingly tough one as well.

Adversity in politics does not encourage cohesiveness, it seems. Deprived of the fruits of power, a national political party seems to break down into regional or other factions. Unity can only be regained by victory—yet victory is forestalled by disunity.

The Welfare Party will come to power either peacefully or with bloodshed.

It is not healthy to have a country governed by just one political party. There should be other political families taking part in government.

You ... have done more than elect a President. You have created a new party that ought to hold power for twenty-five years.

In the United States, it is easier to take over a party than to start a party.

The leaders of a party, or those who are so called, have but little sway over their followers, particularly when not in Government, and when they have it not in their power to threaten them with any very serious consequences

Whenever a political party is out of power for a number of years and finally is back in power, they always overreach.

I'm a legislator, but it's hard to legislate when my party's out of power.

If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party.

The Democrats often seem like the Not Republican Party, no more and no less.

What's the real difference between Republicans and Democrats? Let me tell ya the real difference ... Republicans will always take on people in the interest of power and good democrats will never fear to take on the power in the interests of people.

The party out of office becomes the articulate one.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

In the United States, the two-party system of the old days is seemingly still preserved. But this is only a camouflage of the real situation. In fact, the political life of the United States ... is determined by the struggle and aspirations of pressure groups.

Congressional parties are parochial parties.