Party Disagreement Quotes

The Democratic Party has always been a party that is not known for its unanimity.

I think Democrats are always challenged to have a unified message, and it's in part because our strength is our diversity as a party, but our weakness is also the fact that because we're so diverse, we have a hard time getting on one page on message.

An Op-Ed by a Republican criticizing the Democrats, or vice versa, is easy to come by and not that interesting. But a Democrat who takes issue with his or her party, or a Republican who does that, is more valuable.

Yes, I'll stand up to the party if they're wrong and they aren't going the right way for people in Pennsylvania. But I do believe in Democratic principles.

I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders.

Many times, disagreements between the two political parties in Washington get all the headlines. What's not reported is the fact that Republicans and Democrats agree on where we want to go, but we disagree on how we're going to get there.

We have seen presidents from both parties express their frustrations with the press. That's absolutely normal.

I wanted to be mayor, but my party didn't want me. I was perhaps too liberal.

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.

There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.

Ties of loyalty play an understandably important part in how most MPs interact with their own party and the supporters who have elected and sustained them in their careers. As I know personally it is the strain put on those ties which constitutes the most unpleasant aspect of being at variance with one's own party line.

The Republican Party will never again be a majority party until we regain the confidence of the American people. I believe there is room for disagreement within the party, and we should not have litmus tests.

There were many in the party that did not want me to run.

But I'm not particularly aligned with the Democratic Party's policy agenda.

House Speaker John Boehner has less sway over his caucus members than they have over him.

I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.

I agree, and a lot of people even within my own party want to give certain rights to people on watch lists and no- fly lists.

The last thing you want to do is go up against someone in your own party and certainly your own president.

A decision as a backbencher to vote against one's party ought not to be taken lightly.

We have collectively to face up to the fact that in the two main political parties there are substantial disagreements on the best form Brexit should take.