Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?

I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.

Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't sit down and have dinner and enjoy another person's company if you don't have the same beliefs. It's ridiculous.

I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let's be honest, I don't understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn't make me some dumb hick that doesn't have the right to live here.

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

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.

When a conservative praises a liberal as 'morally serious,' he means that person is less liberal than most.

I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.

You can play golf with liberals, be neighbors with them, go out to dinner. I just don't want them in power.

I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's going to happen sometimes.

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.'

He loved politicians—even Republicans

My unpleasantness was political, not personal. I don't believe in carrying political disputes into social life.

Conservatives are not our enemies. They are our neighbors.

I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.

When I go about my own politics, I meet Tea Party supporters who I can work with in Congress, that I find common ground with. I find Tea Party supporters who won't let me get a sentence out without judging me. To say that there is a 'Tea Party supporter' is a gross generality.

I would rather sit down with a Hollywood liberal any day than simply surround myself with fellow conservatives.

I think politics are a personal thing, and everybody has a right to their own opinion.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

It is one of the little known facts about modern Scottish politics that it is not quite as cut-throat as people think it is.

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.

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