Vince Cable Quotes

That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

I don't believe just because you're a conservative that you're angry.

I can't go out with a Republican.

Time and time again, history has proved that the conservatives are right and the liberals are wrong.

Well it's really hard to satisfy the right wing. I can tell you that.

The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues.

A lot of my traditional audience does not appreciate my foray into politics.

When I am asked whether the division between the left and the right still has any meaning, the first thought that comes to my mind is that the person who asks the question is not on the left.

Everyone that I'm friends with does not have the same party standing. For the most part, my friends are Democrats, but not everyone is, so a lot of times, we just have candid conversations. Sometimes that's the best way that we can educate each other and come to our own decisions about bills and candidates and policies.

If somebody did a new show that, within a family, had conflicting political views, that would be great.

I had never met anyone of my own age that was a Tory, so going to university and seeing people who were Tories and who believed in what I believed in was an eye-opener.

I'm very political. I'm not political in public; I'm political at home.

I came into politics to fight lefties... That's where political fighting goes.

I don't believe all Republicans are bad.

Republicans have always tolerated greater intellectual diversity than Democrats.

I don't agree with Trump on everything.

Bush is no conservative.

It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.

A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

I am such a political person.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.

Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.