Candidacy Quotes - Page 2

• Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.

  Fred Thompson

  Country, Encouragement, Party

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. January 22, 2008.

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• A teenage taste of beer aside, Mitt Romney does not consume alcohol. Which begs the question, will total abstention put his candidacy, perhaps even this great nation in jeopardy?

  Martin Bashir

  Teenage, Beer, Alcohol

  "Bashir: Romney Not Presidential Material Because He Doesn't Drink". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 23, 2012.

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• I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for my own values and beliefs. My candidacy is based on my record, and for that matter, my entire life.

  Ronald Reagan

  Order, Citizens, Records

  Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

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• Barbara Comstock is a solid and reliable conservative. I've known her for many years. She'd make a great member of Congress. I am happy to join other conservatives and proudly endorse her candidacy.

  Sean Hannity

  Years, Conservative, Congress

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• When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Father, President, Campaigns

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• The McGovern/McCarthy type candidacies have disappointed too many people, because of a disillusionment with the candidates themselves.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  People, Type, Disillusionment

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of Chicago.

  Harold Washington

  Race, People, Chicago

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• I see a lot of parallels between my candidacy and the Tea Party. I would not have been elected had there not been a tremendous amount of dissatisfaction and discouragement and disgust with what was going on in Washington.

  Jimmy Carter

  Party, Tea, Discouragement

  "The View", September 20, 2010.

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• A colored man is precisely as much entitled to submit his candidacy in a party primary, as is any other citizen. The decision must be made by the constituents to whom he offers himself, and by nobody else.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Party, Men, Decision

  Letter to Charles F. Gardner, August 9, 1924.

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• I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things, and as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy.

  Jeb Bush

  Leadership, Thinking, Skills

  "Jeb Bush to CNN’s Dana Bash: “Jeb is different than George, and Jeb is who he is.”". "State of the Union" with Dana Bash, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. June 14th, 2015.

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• There are change elections and there are 'more of the same' elections, and there was a lot of economic anxiety in the 1992 election and (Bill Clinton) was able to drive a change narrative. after eight years of Barack Obama, it's very difficult to understand what kind of change it is that Hillary Clinton's candidacy could represent.

  Steve Schmidt

  Change, Eight, Years

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• My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President.

  John Hodgman

  President, Want, Argument

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 21, 2008.

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• Toupée or not toupée for professional government: that is the hair-raising question created by Donald Trump's candidacy.

  Michael R. Burch

  Hair, Government, Trump

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• Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, good liberals both, pursued power by offering their candidacies as opportunities for Americans to document their innocence of the nation's past.

  Shelby Steele

  Past, Opportunity, Offering

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I've been at some pains to say that I fear for the country if Mr.[DonALD] Trump should be elected. I think it's a candidacy without any parallel that I can recall.

  William Weld

  Country, Pain, Thinking

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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