Opal Tometi Quotes

I do not support the third party movement anymore. I now advocate the abolishment of all political parties. We've allowed the parties to take over the government.

I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy.

People are clamoring to hear good ideas as opposed to the lesser of two evils... Either the Democrats are going to win or the Republicans are going to win, but the losers are all of us out here as citizens that really do want meaningful change, and none of it's happening. There's no dialogue regarding meaningful change.

I think there's a lot of problems with being a two-party system.

America doesn’t need a third party; it needs a second one.

There's a high level of frustration with the two-party system out there.

I think the post-Rick-Perry Texas is a Texas that is more competitive between the Democrats and Republicans. I think the Republicans still have a huge advantage, but I think if we're arguing that competition is good for the system, then I think a stronger two-party system in Texas is inevitable, and I think that it will happen.

Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.

I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties.

Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

The thing about American politics, as I've learned, is there is no choice.

It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change.

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

It's always an uphill battle. You know, I'm a Republican in Maryland. This is the bluest of the blue.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

Government is dysfunctional.

A two-party system is way too good for those two parties.

Any party that writes off 25, 30, 35 percent of the American people is not going to be a winner.

You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?'

I believe both parties are sending the wrong kind of people to Washington, D.C.

The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.

I did vote Obama. But I've never believed in the authenticity of the two-party system.

People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix.