James Lankford Quotes

I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican.

The language has changed. When I grew up and watched the campaigns of John Kennedy, even with Richard Nixon, there was a lot higher level of civility. Now we describe a disagreement as an attack.

While Democrats may never adopt the policies of Ronald Reagan, they should follow his golden rule of politics closely. Reagan adamantly instructed his party members to never publicly criticize another Republican.

For television worth watching, Trump should debate Karl Rove, and both should be tasked with figuring out how to unite Republicans.

The endorsement of respected conservative Republican officeholders and politicians is particularly important at this time as to destroy Reagan's credibility as a loyal Republican.

I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect.

It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character.

I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.

The GOP leaders are upset with me, but the Republicans around the district are thanking me for stepping up to the plate and giving them a choice in this election of a real common sense conservative Reagan Republican.

I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want to be in the same city - forget the same stage - with President Obama.

George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.

Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party; the party left him. I can certainly relate. I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me.

In 1980, in 1984, millions of middle-class Democrats became Reagan Democrats, and more of them drifted toward the Republicans with Bush in 1988.

If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.

I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans.

Friends, I will disown and repudiate any man of my party who attacks with … vile, foul slander and abuse any opponents of another party.

GOP leaders need to let go of their ego factions and come together with one primary goal in mind: keeping 'Billary' from getting back into the Oval Office.

My belief is that despite all the media hoopla, there is much more that unites Republicans than divides us.

Now that we have the Senate and the House fully controlled by Republicans, we need to be working together.

I'm confident that Senate Republicans will put up a very strong and valiant effort to continue doing what we're united around.

Republicans need to unite to succeed.

I still subscribe to the theory that Ronald Reagan once pronounced: that I will never speak ill will of my fellow Republican.

Republicans have to finally get smart and come together.

The state Republican chairman, Gaylord Parkinson, postulated what he called the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.

It's basically a united [Republican ] party behind [Donald Trump] and Cruz's numbers in Texas were plummeting and he was facing a possible primary challenge and this cements that this is the party of Trump.