Carl Paladino Quotes

We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats.

The party of Kennedy is also the party of Eastland. The party of Javits is also the party of Goldwater.

I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.

I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate.

I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well.

At the end of the day, Democrats go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far left; Republicans go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far right. Hey, there's a big middle ground here that's not represented. I think that, Bill Weld and myself, I think the Libertarian Party really occupies that ground.

I think liberals would love to see the conservative party be more moderate, more middle of the road. I mean, my gosh, what do you call John McCain? Some would argue, what do you call Mitt Romney?

I'm like most people in America. I'm conservative on some things, and I'm liberal on other things.

I'm conservative on some issues, and I'm progressive on others.

Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America?

I hate Republicans and everything they stand for.

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

I honestly don't know what criteria makes someone right-wing or left-wing anymore. The boundaries of those definitions seem to be in a state of flux. I'm not socialist, I know that.

I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.

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

The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.

There were more moderate Republicans in those days than there are today.

Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them.... In every country these two parties exist.... Call them, therefore, liberals and serviles, Jacobins and Ultras, Whigs and Tories, republicans and federalists, aristocrats and democrats, or by whatever name you please, they are the same party still and pursue the same object.

In truth, the parties of Whig [Liberal] and Tory [Conservative] are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names, or by those of Aristocrats and Democrats, Cote Droite and Cote Gauche, Ultras and Radicals, Serviles, and Liberals.

On my conservative days I’m a Democrat.

America today is going to the left and not to the right.

The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party.

Bill Clinton is a moderate Democrat. I'm a democratic socialist.

We have what we call 'fake left' politicians, like Ed Miliband and those who went before him.