Campaigns Quotes - Page 4

• We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Compliment, Slick, Regard

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

  Fred Thompson

  Presidential, Chinese, Campaign Finance

  "The 'Inside Politics' Interview: Sen. Fred Thompson". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.cnn.com. May 19, 1998.

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• I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf.

  Julie Walters

  Thinking, Doing Me, Film

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• Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Political, Politics, Firsts

  Woodrow Wilson (1966). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• The tours are campaigns.

  Zakk Wylde

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• Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

  Paul Cellucci

  Perseverance, Struggle, Sacrifice

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• But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.

  Brent Scowcroft

  War, Iraq, Risk

  Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft (2009). “America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy”, p.38, Basic Books

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• Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

  Tony Snow

  People, Perfect, Political

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• It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night. I doubt if more than one campaign in a hundred contains a big idea.

  David Ogilvy

  Night, Ideas, Doubt

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• You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

  Mario Cuomo

  Poetry, Political, Politics

  The New Republic, April 04, 1985.

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• When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

  John W. Gardner

  Government, Two, Presidential

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• Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.

  David Ogilvy

  Baby, World, Advertising

  David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House

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• A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision.

  Donna Brazile

  Vision, Opponents, Defining

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• I want to do other things like more fashion campaigns.

  Katie Price

  Fashion, Want

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• There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Leadership, Two, Numbers

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• If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

  George W. Bush

  Funny, Witty, Tired

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• People can expect to see a lot of me - I'm not too proud to stand on corners and hold my campaign signs.

  Albert Wynn

  People, Proud, Holding On

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• The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, President, Allies

  Announces End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq, delivered 1 May 2003 from the USS Abraham Lincoln, off the coast of San Diego, CA

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• When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best.

  Donald Trump

  Illegal Things, People, Mexican

  "Divided Mexico unites against Trump: 'He has no respect for human beings'" by Jo Tuckman, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2015.

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• We will continue to go out onto the streets and to protest, and actively encourage the public to support us in our campaign for free education.

  Joe Hockey

  Free Education, Support, Protest

  "Joe Hockey video shows treasurer once protested against student fees". www.theguardian.com. May 28, 2014.

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• A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues.

  Dick Cheney

  Years, Issues, Presidential

  Dick Cheney at Vice President Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• And $18 million in three Japanese banks, completely false. That I have two factories in Panama, also completely false. This is part of the counter campaign of some people.

  Alberto Fujimori

  Two, People, Three

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• The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange for campaign contributions.

  James L. Buckley

  Media, Vote, Kind

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.244, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Winning, Hands, Political

  "Adlai Stevenson: A Study in Values". Book by Herbert Joseph Muller, p. 174, 1967.

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• I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Believe, Common Sense, Political

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