Maxine Waters Quotes

I'm a liberal Democrat, and I state that proudly.

Politics isn't just about doing the right thing. It's also about winning.

I'm a Democrat in that I work towards progressive things, but I also am laser-like focused in my desire to actually get things done and not just talk about it.

I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.

Of course there are different forms of conservatism. I would say just analytically that the Republican Party is more thoroughly conservative and the Democratic Party is more thoroughly liberal today than has been the case for most of modern history.

The Democratic party is one that I've always observed. I have struggled greatly in life from the day I was born and I am honored to be apart of something that focuses on working class citizens and molds them into a proud specimen. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Kennedy have done so much in that regard for the two generations they've won over during their career course.

President Obama is perhaps the most ideologically-motivated president in American history. But according to the ultimate authority, Barack Obama, he's a mere pragmatist.

I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!

I didn't know my Dad - he moved out early. And my mom's politics were kind of hardscrabble. She didn't think about Democrats or Republicans. She thought about who made sense. I've been both in my life.

I am certainly a liberal.

I'll put my progressive credentials up against anyone's.

In my state, the Republican Party was the most progressive party.

The Democratic party is one that I've always observed. I have struggled greatly in life from the day I was born, and I am honored to be a part of something that focuses on working class citizens and molds them into a proud specimen.

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.

There's something I've been wanting to say for a long time. I'm a liberal, and I'm proud of it. In fact, I was probably a little more liberal than Hubert was. I just wanted to say that.

I'm not sure if President Obama is an ideologue or a pragmatist. I am hoping and praying he's a pragmatist.

Politics is not a game for naive thinkers. You may go in as an idealist, but you certainly won't come out as one.

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable, the art of the next best.

Democratic politics involves both principals and power. To argue only for principles is narcissistically self indulgent.

A pragmatist won't let ideology get in the way of what's got to be done to get elected.

Liberals and the Democratic Party are demonic.

[Ideological] Purity is fine but it doesn’t win elections and is not a governing strategy. Compromise is required.

Republicans sleep in twin beds—some even in separate rooms. That is why there are more Democrats.

Liberal politics meant the politics of common-sense.

I'm a very proud Democrat, but I also like results.