John McDonnell Quotes

Major parties have lived more for patronage than principles; their goal has been to bind together a sufficiently large coalition of diverse interests to get into power; and once in power, to arrange sufficiently satisfactory compromises of interest to remain there.

We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.

I vote Labour and can't begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.

We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats.

If Strom Thurmond could get 30% of the black vote, any Republican can.

There are but two divisions of party in the United States; and he is a very weak or very presumptuously vain man who can think of organizing a third party that shall rule them both.

Labour has to be a big tent that appeals to everyone - not just its activists.

I am inclined to believe that it would be easier to build a new party than to save the Democratic Party from itself.

The political parties have lost their loyalties.

The difference between the BNP and Labour is that the BNP was always a fringe party, never a contender for power.

All political parties, if they are to be successful, have to be broad churches.

It was inevitable and understandable that the election of Jeremy Corbyn would be a massive culture shock for some sections of the party, especially some members of the parliamentary Labour party.

I'm a Republican, but not on this issue [abortion]. It's destroying the party.

Why Great Men Are Not Chosen President

Republicans will take on people in the interest of power. Democrats will take on power in the interests of people.

Because, Bill, I think we’ve given the South away to the Republican party for as long as anyone can foresee.

The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve the interests of the whole nation.

The two old parties … fight only for office. Observe how utterly both parties in this respect lack program and new leadership.

Governing in a polarized society means, making bipartisan deals.

The Republican Party has more cultural conflicts than the Hapsburg Empire.

Bigger Than His Party.

Any legislation that is passed by one political party can be reversed by the other party. The only way to produce lasting legislation in America is bipartisanship. Without it, there is no sustainablity.

A lot of Labour people are telling me Labour is in poor shape.

I didn't realize that running as an independent would be perceived as a threat to the Democrats.

I think the fact that people are even talking about the prospect of the Tories coming second is less about anything the Tories have done and more about the failures of Labour to set out, in any kind of coherent sense, what it's for anymore.