Harper Reed Quotes

I haven't always voted for the same party, mostly because I find that strange. One thing I've never quite understood is when people say 'I'm a Conservative' or 'I'm Labour,' before even hearing what the person running stands for or wants to change.

I was never a Democrat but there are some Republicans who think I ought to be.

I'm of the school that you've got to show a distinction between Democrats and Republicans. And in order to have the base energized, you've got to show that the party stands for something.

As a Democrat in a red state, I often spend days among crowds where there are almost no Democratic voters in sight. I listen to them, work with them and try to persuade them.

I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.

I've been a Republican since age 13, when we got our first television set, and I saw the Republican National Convention on television. And President Eisenhower was talking about personal responsibility, about opening the door for opportunity and that people could really take care of themselves without a lot of government intrusions.

The Republicans are, 'the party of the rich,' my mom said, 'We're poor, so we're Democrats.' That convinced me. I had no wish to remain poor, so I became a Republican at the age of 12.

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

The young man who is moved in any way to contemplate an entry into public life … learns first of all to understand that there are two great political organizations, with one of which he must associate himself, learning and echoing its catch-words, accepting its leadership, and steeping himself in the belief that in it are wisdom and truth while the other party is void of both

Conservatives don’t seem to criticize their own as much as liberals do. It’s not that they don’t do it. It’s that they don’t do it with the same zeal and enthusiasm.

If a poet would influence politics he must join a party, and then he is lost as a poet: goodbye to his free spirit and his open mind.

I don't necessarily vote a straight ticket in my own state because there are sometimes Democrats out there who are better than Republicans. It's hard to believe but it's true.

I suppose we could say of Gen. Cameron that he is not Democrat enough to hurt him.

On my conservative days I’m a Democrat.

I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat.

Liberals ... enjoy the company of other liberals, just as conservatives enjoy the company of other conservatives.

I come from a part of the world - raised in a part of the world where you're born a Democrat, baptized a Democrat.

If I told you I was a Republican and you were a Democrat, no matter what I said after that, it would be tempered with your opinions.

I'm not interested in political theater.

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

My parents were admirers of President Roosevelt and the New Deal. Their parents and most of our relatives and neighbors were Republicans, so they were self-conscious in their liberalism and took it as emblematic of their ability to think for themselves.

I've always been a Democrat; it runs in my family.

Not everybody who supports Donald Trump, not everyone who supports Hilary Clinton, are exactly the kind of people that you want as supporters.

My parents were Democrats, and I was a Democrat. And John Wayne was a Republican.

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.