Henry Rollins Quotes

There was the slow discovery for me in the early '80s that Republicans are people too... That Republicans are perfectly reasonable people... and that Republicans can be right about something.

I've always believed in challenging Republicans where they think they are strongest.

Republicans aren't bad people. They've got some views that are legitimate... and I'd like to think they believe the same of me.

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

If Democrats were good at thinking like Republicans, they would see the light and stop being Democrats.

Leftwing people find it very hard to get on with rightwing people, because they believe that they are evil. Whereas I have no problem getting on with leftwing people, because I simply believe that they are mistaken.

I represented everything Democrats loathed.

A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both.

While I am grateful for the friendships and relationships that I have with my Republican colleagues, it would be naive to pretend that those friendships will change the way that major policies are enacted in Arizona.

I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.

I've been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to comprehend the Right. I think it's important that people who are politically active understand both sides.

I don't agree with the Tories on most things.

I'm a conservative Republican, and I'm not a member of the Tea Party Caucus, but I have very good friends that are.

When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks I probably wouldn't like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions.

But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time.

I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.'

I'm allowed to have my opinions as an American, but it seems the Left becomes very intolerant when you have an opinion other than what they state.

We don't like to deal with people who are trying to kill the revolution. You need to hire a Republican!

We are America. They [Democrats] are not America.

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

I said I'm going to vote for Hillary. But my philosophy is that everything's workable. If Trump is president, I'll work with that guy. I don't know if he's terrible or what. He's refreshing in that he doesn't speak in that political way. I don't quite understand why everybody hates Hillary so much.

The fact is that Democrats cannot stand dissent.

Historically, Democrats have been far more united than Republicans when it comes to policy, ideology and public debate.

I honestly don't see how anyone can view the GOP and the Right as anything but evil.

I don't agree with Trump on everything.