“The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.”— Emanuel Celler
“I don't think we were trying to be pioneers. We were just trying to be a good party band.”— Fred Schneider
“I am not going to be the person who is going to be the Grim Reaper of the Democratic Party.”— Donna Brazile
“I think there’s been a disconnect between the leadership of the party and the rank-and-file.”— Stephen F. Lynch
“A party is in one sense a joint stock company in which those who contribute the most, direct the action and management of the concern.”— William H. Seward