Campaigns Quotes - Page 2

• The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.

  Valerie Jarrett

  President, Bigs, Has Beens

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• But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.

  Robert Waterman McChesney

  Political, Culture, Campaign Finance

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• I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.

  Roy Romer

  Running, Thinking, Hands

  "Democrats' National Chair Steve Grossman resigns". www.cnn.com.

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• You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.

  Donna Shalala

  Energy, Want

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• Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign.

  Rowan Williams

  Christian, Justice, Church

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• The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races.

  Robert Waterman McChesney

  Thinking, Years, Two

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• Well, you know, whats so exciting, is that it was a really telling campaign as well. Whenever we start looking at the differences, they could never be more clear.

  Katherine Harris

  Differences, Exciting, Clear

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• Unless a product becomes outmoded, a great campaign will not wear itself out.

  Rosser Reeves

  Advertising, Products

  Rosser Reeves (1961). “Reality in Advertising”, p.34, BookBaby

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• The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

  Mark Shields

  Smear Campaigns, Problem

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• A great ad campaign will make a bad product fail faster. It will get more people to know it's bad.

  William Bernbach

  People, Design, Failing

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• Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

  John Doolittle

  Democracy, Stronger, Terrorism

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• So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.

  Walter Bagehot

  Business, War, Tyrants

  Walter Bagehot (1873). “Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "natural Selection" and "inheritance" to Political Society”, p.65

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• I'm 40 and I just got my first beauty campaign with Clairol Nice and Easy.

  Teri Hatcher

  Nice, Firsts, Easy

  "Is 50 the New 30?". abcnews.go.com. December 31, 2005.

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• The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over.

  Mike Rounds

  Important, Election, Forget

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• Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

  Mary Chapin Carpenter

  Land, America, Foundation

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• In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

  John Rawls

  Political, Finance, Pursuit

  John Rawls (2001). “The Law of Peoples: With, The Idea of Public Reason Revisited”, p.140, Harvard University Press

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• I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that I'd switch and run as a Republican

  Rodney Alexander

  Running, Issues, Engagement

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• The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror

  Carl Levin

  Iraq, Liberation, Terror

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• I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious.

  Charlie Crist

  Running, Government, Want

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• I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign against war and sanctions. I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one.

  George Galloway

  War, Iraq, Oil

  "Labour to investigate Galloway allegations" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2003.

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• Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

  Mark Shields

  Character, Destiny, Important

  "Shields and Kristol Discuss Kerry’s War Record". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. August 20, 2004.

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• In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history.

  Mark Shields

  Giving, Presidential, Example

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• John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.

  Mark Shields

  Biographies, John Kerry

  "Shields and Kristol Discuss Kerry’s War Record". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. August 20, 2004.

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• Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.

  Mary Cheney

  Sleep, Ability

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• I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.

  Mary Cheney

  Jobs, Home, Office

  Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books

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