Bill Shorten Quotes

My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices.

Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?

There were some who wanted all the benefits of E.U. membership without any of the costs. I'm not sure that's very realistic.

They [the union] were members of the Communist Party - they didn't care one way or another about Russia, they just cared about the United States.

The new racism is anything that might hurt a Democrat politically.

I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.

We have 31 Republican governors in this country. We have roughly the same number of Republican legislatures.

Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only.

We have two nations, and it's not black or white. It's red and blue. Under Republican leadership, cities tend to do better. Cities are destroyed under Democrats, because they don't know how to deal with the constituency; they're terrified.

It's very well known that the Republicans have problems with minorities. The Democrats have big problems with white people. Obama only got 39% of the vote. He only got 36% of the working-class white people.

Besides, when I read the list of people who are supporting Kerry, if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush.

Married women vote Republican; single women vote Democratic. That's why liberals promote policies to break up families. Every social malady is a victory for the left. A couple gets divorced and liberals say, "Yay! Another Democratic voter!" A child is born out of wedlock and liberals say, "Yay! Another Democratic voter!" A person gets addicted to drugs and liberals say, "Yay! Another Democratic voter!"

I'm distressed to hear you think that judges or the Supreme Court is an organ of a party. That, to me, is just - I know you feel that way. And that distresses me.

It's getting so if a man wants to stand well socially, he can't afford to be seen with either the Democrats or the Republicans.

America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote.

Everything African-Americans - every freedom they have obtained - came from Republicans, not Democrats. All the way back to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the Civil Rights movement. Civil Rights legislation was passed by a Republican Congress.

I hope you're all Republicans.

Of the seven million Americans living abroad, one million are military, and not all of them are Republicans. The other six million are overwhelmingly Democrat because people who live in foreign countries have a much different perspective as to what is happening in our country.

It doesn't matter if you are a Democrat or Republican, if you're young or old, what the racial thing is, nothing matters to me.

You oil field workers, come and listen to me I'm goin' to tell you a story about old John D. That company union made a fool out of me. That company union don't charge no dues It leaves you a-singing them Rockefeller blues. That company union made a fool out of me. Takes that good ole C.I.O., boys To keep that oil a-rollin', rollin' over the sea. Takes that good ole C.I.O., boys To keep that oil a-rollin' over the sea.

Now, I am not caring today, for myself, anything at all about a political party tag. So far as I am concerned, I want to know what the man stands for....When I find out these things, then I know who it is who should receive my support, and I care not what his party tag is....Today, our duty transcends party allegiance; our duty today is allegiance to the Constitution as it was given to us by the Lord.

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.

The whole red state/blue state thing is very interesting. Watching that shift over the years.

Democrats don't represent the taxpayers, they represent the tax-consumers.

Back when they supported segregation, Lott and Thurmond were Democrats.