“Democrats need to be not only gracious in defeat, but positive about the future.”

-Alan Colmes

“Democrats are losing loyal voters, but the Republicans aren't picking them up. Democrats are ideologically bankrupt. Republicans have a major brand-identity problem.”

-Herman Cain

“I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.”

-Barbara Boxer

“We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone.”

-Richard J. Daley

“Real Democrats don't make promises they can't keep.”

-Howard Dean

“We had a great convention. Bill Clinton laid out and reminded us what a good President could do. Obama inspired Democrats in the country. John Edwards convinced us, confirmed that he was the right choice, and John Kerry was the cleanup hitter.”

-Harold Ford

“Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.”

-John F. Kerry

“It is up to Democrats to get things right in Iraq so we can refocus our military efforts to fighting terrorists around the world who want to harm us.”

-Rick Larsen

“All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.”

-Groucho Marx

“Democrats balanced the budget for the first time in a generation, had record surpluses, low unemployment, low interest rates, low inflation.”

-Robert Menendez

“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.”

-P. J. O'Rourke

“We must remain focused on the greatest threat to the security of the United States, the clear and present danger of terrorism. We know what we must do to protect America, but this Administration is failing to meet the challenge. Democrats have a better way to ensure our homeland security.”

-Nancy Pelosi

“I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress.”

-John Podesta

“It's time that America's government lived by the same values as America's families. It's time we invested in America's future and made sure our people have the skills to compete and thrive in a 21st century economy. That's what Democrats believe.”

-Harry Reid

“If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”

-Adlai E. Stevenson

“Democrats continue to support common sense measures that will increase security on trains and buses for millions of Americans and will continue to fight for bipartisan solutions that will protect America from terrorism.”

-Bennie Thompson

“It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.”

-Paul Begala

“This is a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party, which in too many cases has become so corporate and identified with corporate interests that you can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans.”

-Dennis Kucinich

“Many of the things that Democrats and Blacks have a deep and abiding commitment to the Republicans could care less. affirmative action, equal opportunity, health benefits for all.”

-Bennie Thompson

“The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind”

-Mahatma Gandhi

“A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.”

-Harry S. Truman