David Souter Quotes

I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first.

I've never been a fan of party politics.

There is very little chance of the modern Republican Party putting the national interest above their own partisan interests.

I think it's probably much easier to do political comedy from a two-party point of view, in that the majority have some sense of what it means to be one or the other.

In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship.

I mean, look, we're living in a country where you can't have a non-denominational response. If you're slightly critical of either party, all of the partisans jump on you like you're a lunatic.

Most people don't see themselves as Democrats or Republicans. They see themselves as Americans.

I don't even think the biggest divide is between Republicans and Democrats. I think it's between institutionalists and reformers.

Partisan politics is not my passion.

Let me ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party.

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy.

I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes, I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy. The only thing I ever try to support is a third party, like Unity08. We need more parties and more choice.

I follow politics in a big way, and always have since I was a kid. I've got opinions, but they're opinions on both sides - not just anti-Republican, which is a real popular thing for a rap artist to do. If you dis Republicans, nobody will get mad. I think the two-party system sucks. It's absolutely ignorant.

I don't understand how anybody's still a Democrat or a Republican. I don't know what they're basing it on.

The most biased people are the Democrats.

If there is true evil in the world - it is Republican conservatives.

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.

You know I don't think we need the Republicans to steal family values from us.

I do not understand those who divide political life from the point of view of political parties.

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party.

I'm a proud Republican - there's no issue with that at all, so why can't I be a proud Republican and just try to solve problems?

Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country.