Douglas McGrath Quotes

Politics was sort of a way of life in our family.

While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.

I love my dad. It's fair to say that I probably would not have thought of politics had I not seen my mom and dad involved in politics.

It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.

My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.

I'm a loyal Democrat.

My father was not a political animal.

It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political.

I've been intrigued by politics my whole life. And, yes, I am very close to the Clintons. I was a Hillary person until I was an Obama person. And she was a Hillary person, too, until she was an Obama one, evidently.

I gave Mitt Romney some donations for his campaign because he was a friend, and friendship came first. I've always been a Democrat, and I've had different views than Mitt Romney. I'm not Mitt Romney, and I think people will realize that when they meet me out there.

I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.

I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat.

My parents were admirers of President Roosevelt and the New Deal. Their parents and most of our relatives and neighbors were Republicans, so they were self-conscious in their liberalism and took it as emblematic of their ability to think for themselves.

No one in my family had ever been in politics. My dad thought it was something that got in the way.

I tried to explain in 'The Nine of Us' how we grew up with politics. At meals we talked about what was in the newspaper. We talked politics non-stop! Campaigning for our brothers was a part of our lives.

My father did not groom us for politics. I took the plunge because I wanted to carry on his work in his constituency.

I remember fancying myself a junior 'McCainiac' in 2000, though politics were rarely discussed in our household.

Politics wasn't actively discussed in my household. I only knew that my parents had always supported the opposition.

I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour.

I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our system of government is the best system there is... and while I have no illusions of changing the world, I've had good opportunities in life, and I believe there's an obligation to give something back by participating.

I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.

My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.

When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.

I grew up in a family of Republicans. And when I was 18 and registering to vote, my mom's only instruction was 'You just go in and pull the big Republican lever.' That's my welcome to adulthood. She's like, 'No, don't even read it. Just pull the Republican lever.

Marine Le Pen belongs to her generation, I belong to mine. I got into politics for Marine Le Pen and with her as party leader.