Anselm Joseph McLaurin Quotes

The Texas Republican Party is in many respects like the national party. We have different components that all add value in different ways, whether it's the Tea Party on fiscal questions, whether it's the so-called establishment that's focused on economic development questions, moving states like Texas forward.

Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity.

Our adversaries - our Democratic adversaries - like to be able to portray the Republican Party as a bunch of wingnuts - narrow based, always have some agenda that's not attractive to the public... That's easier for them, and more fun, than dealing with their own problems. And I think their problems are significant.

I am speaking as a Republican now, not a national security expert, but I believe that my party needs to come together.

I'm very much engaged in the political battles. But I'm doing it as a supporter of Republicans... rather than as an active candidate.

Politicians are elected to do what is right, but too many are just doing what is right for the party.

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

I don't think I would be characterized as a Tea Party candidate; I would be characterized as the most effective candidate.

Republicans have to finally get smart and come together.

The Republican Party either corrupts its liberals or it expels them.

If we're talking about big-tent thinking in the Republican Party, I think we're all going to unite under a consistent economic theory. That's where our unity is, and that's what unites us.

The Republican Party I represented proudly for 18 years did not shy away from taking on special-interest money when it conflicted with constituents' needs.

I joined a Republican Party that was used to losing, used to being browbeaten by the Democrats. I represent a totally different style.

I think it's important that the Republican Party remain the home of conservatives and that the best way to advance conservative principles is to elect Republicans up and down the ballot.

While Democrats may never adopt the policies of Ronald Reagan, they should follow his golden rule of politics closely. Reagan adamantly instructed his party members to never publicly criticize another Republican.

After helping the Republican National Committee address some of the troubling deficiencies the party faced after 2012, as outlined in its so-called autopsy report, and witnessing some real progress in our outreach to women in the ensuing years, I did not expect an egomaniacal arsonist to come along and set all that ablaze.

I'm not worried about a 'blue wave,' I just think Republicans have to act like Republicans and govern like Republicans.

In terms of Republicans, we have got to get to our cohorts in the Republican Party to get them to understand if we are going to get this country to its traditional values... we're going to have to control our borders and manage this huge change in our culture that's occurring.

Republicans should remember that when Trump campaigned, he wasn't holding up a conservative manifesto at every rally.

As I watched on TV the nest of reporters and groupies surround Palin at the Iowa State Fair, I couldn't help but sit back and wonder if she's become the ultimate party crasher for the Republican Party.

One of the greatest falsehoods of American politics over the past several decades is that the Republican party is the party of fiscal responsibility.

One of the things I'm keen on doing is really revealing the degree to which the conservative movement, and by extension the Republican Party, has become a racket.

Republicans should be prepared to bolster their own grassroots efforts, keep promises made on the campaign trail and to fend off calculated, effective attacks from their progressive opponents.

Mr. Trump is unifying the party, and I applaud him for that.

[Republicans] swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose.