Calvin Trillin Quotes

Republicans don't vote Republican because of Nancy Pelosi. They vote Republican because they are Republicans.

I was a middle-of-the-road Democrat more than anything else. I know I voted for Carter. Watergate taught me how bad the Republicans were.

I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.

I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.

I consider myself a Republican.

Actually, I'm a Republican.

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

I don't like to define myself as necessarily conservative. What is it to be a conservative? What is it to be a Republican, even?

There are more Democratic schmucks than there are Republican ones.

Truthfully, with the Republicans, I don't see that much wrong with them.

Donald Trump is not a Republican, he's an Independent.

I have no problem if you want to be a socialist. But for those people who are in the middle, you know, I don't know if you're really welcome in the Democratic Party, and I don't even know who the Republican Party is anymore. I have absolutely no idea.

I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.

Nobody should be surprised that Republicans vote for Republican policy. Just like Democrats vote for Democrat policy.

I'm pro-choice and those things, but I typically vote Republican.

I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that.

I just am a Democrat. I could never, never be a Republican.

Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something.

I have been a Republican since 1966.

I'm a Republican, by the way.

I'm not a Democrat.

I started out as a Democrat.

When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.