John N. Mitchell Quotes

In Europe the right wing is bogged down in Nationalism in most cases and still fighting so called Reds.

Our party may have swung too far right at various times.

No, I do not identify with the right wing.

History shows that populism polarizes society, weakens economies, and undermined representative democracy.

When the National Front was created, its main goal was against communism.

I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea overwrought. But now I believe there really is such a threat - and it will come draped not in an American flag, but in the name of tolerance and health.

It would be inaccurate to say the Tea Partiers are racists. What they are, in truth, are narcissists.

As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more insular, defensive, and protective.

There is a new conservative establishment in America, made up of those who claim to be the anti-establishment.

Moderates behind whom Red Fascism spreads.

The left hand of the right wing.

It's not those punks in the street [left wing radicals] that worry me, it's the right wing. That's the real beast if it ever gets unleashed.

The nationalist right and the nebulously but fervently revolutionary left found each other once more in Fascism with its double face of conservatism and subversion.

There are some Republicans in Congress who have leaned so far to the right, that they could fall out of the Capitol.

In essence, populism is an illiberal democratic response to decades to decades of undemocratic liberal policies.

Populism is strong in places with weak party systems because political parties exist precisely to form governments as well as legitimate oppositions. When identity politics predominates, populists will prosper.

Trump is a product of a seething populism and nationalism that is the driving political force.

Donald Trump is about the rise of right-wing extremism, not only in this country, but in Europe.

The Republican party is changing. It's becoming more populist.

I don't view myself as marching to any right-wing drummer.

In many respects, David Duke was the playbook. He established the playbook by which Donald Trump ran and ultimately became - I won't even use the term - let's just say he became the occupant of the White House.

The arrogance of the Left always fascinates me.

The surge in right-wing populism and the phenomenon of Trump are related. You can think of them together as the same problem.

I'm not going to be the rock star of the far right and frankly on the rock star of the far left.

We must resist the temptation of once again turning America into the traditional bogeyman of the left.