Ideological Agreement Quotes

There is nothing wrong with being a declared liberal or conservative and conducting a sympathetic interview with a political figure who shares your views.

Obama's policies have been approximately the same as Bush's, though there have been some slight differences, but that's not a great surprise. The Democrats supported Bush's policies.

I used to like John McCain, too, but I must admit that was because he was bucking his party to do things I agreed with. I would not have had that reaction if, say, Bernie Sanders decided to rebel out of principle and support privatizing Social Security.

In our "age of the expert" the expert has his constituency — those who have a vested interest in commonly held opinions; elaborating and defining the consensus at a high level has, after all, made him an expert.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

I refuse to believe this rhetoric that the Labour party can't get under one big umbrella with a common enemy - sometimes a common enemy is an absolutely delightful unifier.

Republicans need to unite to succeed.

There's a certain kind of cultural energy pursued by the gatekeepers of elite discourse, who want to argue that Americans fundamentally agree with each other, and that's the health of the nation.

Political unity should be given great weight, but it also should be related to some sensible program.

I think it becomes incumbent upon a candidate to essentially disavow some of the things that are in that party platform. Otherwise, I think the assumption is that you are a true believer.

I don't object to polarization if it achieves an objective.

Bader's philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine.

We've been most successful when we stand for, unified, behind what we believe philosophically and policywise.

A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

We don't need bipartisanship, we need application of principle.

Politicians quickly learn to pacify the liberals by passing laws and regulations which, to pacify the conservatives, would not be enforced.

You can look different but have the same values. That's not diversity; it's conformity.

What's important here is that the Republicans agree with [Donald Trump].