| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47235 |
| QUOTATION: | A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be more cheerful, imaginative, tolerant of dissent, and skillful at the game of give-and-take. A gathering of Republicans is more respectable, sober, purposeful, and businesslike than a gathering of Democrats; it is also likely to be more self-righteous, pompous, cut-and-dried, and just plain boring. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Clinton Rossiter (1917–1970), U.S. historian, educator. Parties and Politics in America, ch. 4, Cornell University Press (1960). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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