Candidates Quotes - Page 25

• I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

  Victoria Woodhull

  Trust, Criticism, Sincerity

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• Because liberalism typically doesn't sell in American presidential politics, liberal candidates tend to run as culturally conservative centrists.

  Rich Lowry

  Running, Presidential, Conservative

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• LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election".

  Ambrose Bierce

  Loss, Losing, Election

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.155, University of Georgia Press

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• Every voting choice you exercise ought to be for the candidate, platform, party, or policy that will best represent the values of the kingdom of God.

  Tony Evans

  Christian, Party, Exercise

  Tony Evans (2012). “How Should Christians Vote?”, p.22, Moody Publishers

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• The news is what it is. It's going to be good, it's going to be positive, it's going to be negative. It's going to have all sorts of effects on candidates always.

  Mark E. Hyman

  Pregnancy, Being Positive, Negative

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• It is true that the American colonials have "free elections," in which they have the absolute right to vote for one of two opposing candidates, both of whom have been handpicked and financed by the Rockefeller syndicate. This touching evidence of "democracy" serves to convince most Americana that we are indeed a free people. We even have a cracked Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to prove it.

  Eustace Mullins

  Two, Philadelphia, People

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• I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.

  Stephen Colbert

  Stars, Believe, Reality

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• At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.

  Marcus Allen

  Sports, Running, People

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• People have said I'm the candidate of anger. Well, we have a right to be angry. We lost 3 million jobs. We lost our place as the moral leader of the world.

  Howard Dean

  Jobs, Anger, People

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• I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.

  Mickey Kaus

  Anger, America, Victory

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• The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!

  Abraham Kuyper

  Heart, Speaks Out, Names

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• It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no evidence that he ever even voted for a Republican. It is even more outrageous to suggest that he would support the Republican Party of today, which has spent so much time and effort trying to suppress African American votes in Florida and many other states.

  Martin Luther King III

  Father, Party, Florida

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• It is my express wish that in awarding the [Nobel Prizes] no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.

  Alfred Nobel

  Wish, Consideration, Nobel

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• Rick Perry is the perfect candidate for those who thought George W. Bush was just too dang cerebral. And Adios, Mofo is the perfect guide to his record, his rhetoric and his remarkable hair. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll vote.

  Paul Begala

  Hair, Perfect, Laughing

  "MSNBC Live Brings On 'Adios Mofo' Author to Slam Rick Perry". www.newsbusters.org. June 5, 2015.

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• Every week Republicans are excited about a new candidate because the one they liked last week turned out to be a moron.

  Andy Borowitz

  Funny, Stupid People, Political

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Sep 29, 2011

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• NHPrimary Trivia: The Republican candidates have not spoken to a black person since Herman Cain dropped out.

  Andy Borowitz

  Black, Cain, Trivia

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Jan 11, 2012

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• God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Suffering, Done, Glory

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• Every candidate is going to come to you and say they are the most conservative person that ever lived.

  Ted Cruz

  Conservative, Persons

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• Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.

  John George Nicolay

  Doe, Done, Obvious

  John George Nicolay (2008). “A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln (Volume 1 of 2 ) (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.85, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected by a very small group of politically active people. A minority of the people... then elects one of these hand picked people to rule itself and the majority.

  Robert Ringer

  Hands, Two, People

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• We’re not about picking a mayor. We’re about making a mayor, making the winner. And that’s what we’re gonna do…. I talk to them (the mayoral candidates) constantly. All of them. I know all about all of their families. I know about their dogs and this and that.

  Michael Mulgrew

  Dog, Winner, Mayors

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• Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.

  Ronald Reagan

  Party, Names, People

  Radio Address on Socialized Medicine, recorded circa 1961

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• There are Americans will find it difficult to believe that the Prime Minister can simply impose candidates on ridings, and can so efficiently move individuals out of private life and into the Cabinet with virtually no resort to the electorate.

  Stockwell Day

  Believe, Moving, Riding

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• I think the Democratic Party has picked a lot of the wrong candidates, the kind that Middle America, or people who are more down the middle and more rational, can't side with. I think that's been the problem

  Glenn Danzig

  Party, Thinking, America

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• Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, 'Two cars in every garage'. Apparently, the Republican candidate this year is running on the slogan, 'Two families in every garage'.

  Harry S. Truman

  Running, Years, Two

  Harry S. Truman, Robert J. Donovan (1994). “The Words of Harry S. Truman”

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