Steve Bannon Quotes

It's ironic, isn't it, that one day you're one of the most conservative members, and then some individual gets mad at you, and they decide to throw millions of dollars against you because you didn't vote exactly the way they want every day.

Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?

If you [members of Congress] vote against us, we're going to throw your ass out of office.

I don't care what kind of speeches you make as long as you don't vote against the appropriations.

No man knows, when the Presidential grub gets to gnawing at him, just how deep it will get until the has tried it.

In GOP land, apologies and resignations are never enough.

In politics, when you become serious, you become a threat to somebody. And they usually aren't too nice about it.

Toronto deserves Rob Ford; they put him in office. Toronto deserves everything it gets.

Make no mistake, the Republican establishment has been relying on the media to be a premier agent in destroying Trump. And they can't. Ergo, there's panic.

The establishment Republicans are beginning to say on the record what they had been whispering about in private for months: that Donald Trump at the top of the ticket could mean an electoral wipeout down the ballot.

I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want to be in the same city - forget the same stage - with President Obama.

The Chief Whip's job is trying to make sure that the Government - and MPs elected as part of the governing party - deliver the promises that they were elected on. That's a healthy part of the democratic process.

When I was with the Labor Party, I'd get into trouble because the party bosses determined that some of what I wrote, or proposed to write about, wasn't conducive to their policies or to electoral success.

One of the things about politics, when you're actually there, you realize, you're on a high wire and there is no net under you. On any given day, your campaign can implode for something that happens inadvertently or even intentionally.

It is time for Republicans in D.C. to fight. Too often, they give up; they negotiate with themselves. They said they would get rid of the unconstitutional amnesty. They didn't do that. They said they would repeal Obamacare if we gave them the majority. They didn't do that, either.

When you're in politics sometimes you step on toes and they come back and kick you in the backside.

The President is hampered at every turn by the necessity of humoring his party.

The Whigs have cast me off, and they shall repent it.

I don't care if you keep this a secret or not. I've always supported you, and I think it's time this old Republican quit hiding behind the bush [i.e. George W. Bush].

You cannot make elected officials … do what they will not do.

For me party discipline is a sacred matter, not just lust for power.

I am in favor of short statutes of limitations in politics.

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.

It’s hard to be a front-runner in the Democratic Party. My party tends to destroy front-runners.

In the field of actual politics, parties are a necessity and organization is essential. It is the duty of the citizen, therefore, to support the party that stands for right policies and to adhere closely to its official organization. Loyalty should be rewarded by positions within the gift of the party; and disloyalty should be looked upon as politician treason.