{"quotes":[{"text":"The political parties are there to distract us from our systems of government; instead of focusing on the system, we focus on political parties to vote for.Voting is our only encouraged interaction with our systems of government.The choice between political parties fractures our nations yet further, turns our focus on each other, and away from the mechanisms of our systems of government.","author":"Haroutioun Bochnakian","tags":["administration","democracy","division","government","political-parties","politics","society"],"id":304,"author_id":"Haroutioun+Bochnakian"},{"text":"I am not for the left or the right, but for what is right over the wrong. I am not an elephant or a donkey, but a lion that stands only with Truth and my conscience.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["conscience","democrats","elections","political-parties","republicans","truth","voting"],"id":2978,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.","author":"George Washington","tags":["elections","history","patriotism","political-parties","political-philosophy","politics"],"id":17701,"author_id":"George+Washington"},{"text":"Discretion is a polite word for hypocrisy.Tea Party Teddy.","author":"Dianne Harman","tags":["california-bigotry","infidelity","latinas","political","political-parties","political-satire","revenge-is-sweet"],"id":28926,"author_id":"Dianne+Harman"},{"text":"There is more for us to gain through love than hate.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["ity","battle","collective","community","corruption","country","division","earth","empath","empathy-diversity","fighting","freedom","gain","global-citizen","globe","good","greed","harmony","hate","hating","hatred","justice","leaders","liberty","lose","love","nation","nationalism","patriot","peace","philosophy","political","political-parties","politicians","politics","presidents","racism","reality","religion","survival","tranquility","truth","united","unity","war","wars","world-citizen","world-peace"],"id":45545,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"The problem with the politicians of both parties in the US is that neither of them have a real agenda except to feather their own nests. They both have their hands deep in corporate pockets. All the rest is sleight of hand and distraction to keep the public occupied with trivia, divided against each other, and thinking their vote matters.","author":"Michael Hogan","tags":["democracy","injustice","international-relationships","mexico","political-parties","politics","united-states-of-america","voting-rightd"],"id":48808,"author_id":"Michael+Hogan"},{"text":"For an entire wing of the G.O.P., a dysfunctional government, whose only visible activity is mismanaging crises, is not an embarrassment but the vindication of a worldview.","author":"Amy Davidson","tags":["dysfunction","government","political-parties","politics","republicans","u-s-politics","worldview"],"id":51021,"author_id":"Amy+Davidson"},{"text":"A mother was thinking of how to keep her naughty child in line she tried using the boogey man it didn't work ... She thought and thought then said 'the Politician is going to get you' and he was never naughty again.","author":"rassool jibraeel snyman","tags":["inspirational","political","political-commentary","political-correctness","political-parties","political-philosophy","politics","poliytical-theory"],"id":75001,"author_id":"rassool+jibraeel+snyman"},{"text":"Blind party loyalty will be our downfall. We must follow the truth wherever it leads.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["blind","blind-faith","blindness","democrats","followers","following","following-the-crowd","government","government","party-loyalty","party-politics","political-parties","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","politics","republicans","truth","truth","willful-blindness","willful-ignorance"],"id":127532,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"So, I’m a playwright. In Minneapolis. Which means that I find myself operating in a pretty lefty crowd, most of the time. And most of my energy goes towards arguing with that, and musing about how I really fucking can’t stand Democrats. So I was startled to be reminded of a fact that I’d almost entirely forgotten: I really fucking can’t stand Republicans.","author":"Phillip Andrew Bennett Low","tags":["democrats","humor","libertarian","political","political-parties","republicans"],"id":140079,"author_id":"Phillip+Andrew+Bennett+Low"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":36,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}