Candidates Quotes - Page 28

• My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand.

  Henry Mintzberg

  Jobs, Hands, Issues

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• When I am the candidate, I run the campaign.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Running, Campaigns

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon", p. 21, 1971.

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• We've got to go to the people with bold ideas and candidates of conviction - we've got to be hotter than high school love.

  Jim Hightower

  School, Ideas, People

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• Democracy if it meant what our forefathers said, that would be great but unfortunately it's been corrupted by this funding and funding of campaigns. There's a much better way to do it. There could be a small amount of money given by every taxpayer to be dedicated to candidates.

  George Hamilton

  Democracy, Would Be, Campaigns

  "George Hamilton Not Afraid of Skin Cancer, Says Women Don't Like Men Who Know They're Good Looking". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. December 14, 2011.

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• The Manchurian Candidate was the most important movie I was in, let's face it.

  Angela Lansbury

  Important, Faces

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• Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

  Maureen Reagan

  Taken, Unique, Media

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• Women tend to give political candidates only about 10 percent of what males give, and males give women candidates only 10 percent of what they give to males.

  Maureen Reagan

  Giving, Political, Males

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• My view on candidates on money is unless it's proven that the donor stole the money, the campaign keeps the money.

  David Frum

  Views, Campaigns, Donors

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• I may not be the favourite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made a decision.

  Todd Akin

  People, Decision, May

  "Romney stirs 'birther' controversy, Akin to stay in Senate race". www.cnn.com. August 24, 2012.

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• One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions.

  Pierre Salinger

  Brother, People, Needs

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• The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

  Thomas Bulfinch

  Long, Knighthood

  Thomas Bulfinch “Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages, The Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur and The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (Complete)”, Library of Alexandria

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• I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

  Jack Abramoff

  Presidential, Trying, Campaigns

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• The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are not only monitoring the performance of candidates during these elections but will also do so after these elections.

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi

  Leader, Election, Monitoring

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• I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Independent, Would Be, Republican

  "High Price for Jobs; Obama Getting Ready to Counter; Aurora Victims' Fund". "Erin Burnett OutFront" with Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper, edition.cnn.com. August 31, 2012.

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• You know, I think Marco Rubio would be a spectacular candidate for vice president. I think he would energize the country. I think he has a great story. He's bright. He's articulate.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Country, Thinking, President

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. August 5, 2012.

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• The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America.

  Russ Feingold

  Wings, America, Want

  Russ Feingold (2012). “While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 Era”, p.211, Broadway Books

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• I consider myself an excellent candidate... because I care.

  Frank Vincent

  Care, Excellent, I Care

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• While I can't promise you that I'm going to be a perfect candidate and I can't promise you that I'm not going to make mistakes, I can unequivocally promise you that no one, no one, will work harder on your behalf, no one will fight harder with you and no one will make you more proud.

  Alexi Giannoulias

  Mistake, Hard Work, Fighting

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• Protestations of indifference to higher office are hard to take seriously when the 'non-candidate' is busily engaged in testing the waters.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Water, Office, Indifference

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• You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously.

  Matt Gonzalez

  Running, Party, Taken

  "Matt Gonzalez taking his run for mayor in stride / He wants to apply ethics to politics" by Julian Guthrie, www.sfgate.com. October 22, 2003.

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• I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes.

  Matt Gonzalez

  Running, Thinking, San Francisco

  "All Hope is Local: Quit Whining and Run for Office" by Allison Kilkenny, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 2, 2008.

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• Sometimes we're actually right when we go with our gut and stand on principle in supporting underdog candidates.

  Sarah Palin

  Underdog, Principles, Sometimes

  Twitter post from Aug 20, 2012

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• Senator Jon Kyl has given all of the eventual candidates in this race an excellent model of how to best serve Arizona and the country. He's set the bar extremely high, and I'll do my best to meet that standard.

  Jeff Flake

  Country, Race, Bars

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• There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?

  Francois Hollande

  Risk, President, Expected

  "How DSK's fall led to Hollande's rise" By Peter Wilkinson, www.cnn.com. May 7, 2012.

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• I debated in high school! If you told things that weren't true or just made things out of whole cloth, you were penalized. It's too bad they don't apply the same standards to presidential candidates as they do to high school students.

  Mark Hamill

  School, Presidential, Students

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