Candidates Quotes - Page 30

• I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.

  Jack Kemp

  Thinking, Fire, Tough Questions

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• The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is - and I mean this seriously - the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.

  Fidel Castro

  Ignorance, Mean, Competition

  "Made in the World". www.nytimes.com. January 28, 2012.

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• At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.

  Ian MacKaye

  Country, War, America

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• Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.

  Jodi Kantor

  Husband, Wife, Appearance

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• EMILY's List members are deeply committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women whom we trust to stand up for our rights, treat us honestly, and make us proud. Our candidates fight for us every day. Blanche Lincoln failed to hold up her end of the bargain.

  Ellen Malcolm

  Fighting, Rights, Choices

  "Lincoln's First Ad: 'I Don't Answer To My Party'" by Mike Memoli, www.realclearpolitics.com.

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• I'm not sure a candidate ever feels his message is getting out.

  Scott McCallum

  Messages, Not Sure, Feels

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• I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.

  Scott McCallum

  Ideas, Issues, People

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• Television is likely to do more to revolutionize politics than sound broadcasting did. Political candidates may have to adopt new techniques to benefit from visual radio: their dress, their smiles and gestures, all will be important. How they look, as well as what they say, may determine to an appreciable extent their popularity. The eyes of the public will be upon them.

  David Sarnoff

  Eye, Political, Important

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• Compelling a man by law to pay his money to elect candidates or advocate law or doctrines he is against differs only in degree, if at all, from compelling him by law to speak for a candidate, a party, or a cause he is against. The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.

  Hugo Black

  Country, Party, Writing

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• Senate races are different from House races, in the sense that they are more candidate-driven. The higher the office - that is, I mean, governor, senator, president - the more important the candidate.

  Judy Woodruff

  Mean, Race, Office

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• Wouldn`t it be great for some of the Republican candidates to stand up to the money guys
  and say, if you want a presidential nominee who will do what the Bushes did, go from war to war, look elsewhere.

  Chris Matthews

  War, Guy, Presidential

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• "Perceive" is the word that became in the '72 campaign what "charisma" was for the 1960, '64 and even the '68 campaigns. "Perceive" is the new key word. When you say perceive you imply the difference between what the candidate is and the way the public or the voters see him.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Keys, Differences, Campaigns

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72”, p.404, Simon and Schuster

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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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• Any candidate who'd offered a real possibility of an alternative to Nixon - someone with a different concept of the presidency - could have challenged him and come very close to beating him.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Real, Different, Alternatives

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• It's much more fun to run a political campaign than it is to be the candidate.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Running, Fun, Political

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• I think that is the fight that we have to wage if we're to save the middle class. And I do have doubts about whether Hillary Clinton or whether any Republican candidate out there is prepared to take on the big money interests who control so much of our economy and as a result of Citizens United, our political process as well.

  Lindsey Graham

  Fighting, Thinking, Class

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• We can't wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship. Now, this is where I differ with everybody on the Republican side. Make no mistake, today, not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one. When they talk about legal status that is code for second-class status.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mistake, Class, Waiting

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I don't think anyone has campaigned much more than I have for Republican candidates, going back to 1998. I mean, I've been in 45 states on behalf of 200 candidates - all Republicans.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Mean, Thinking, Republican

  "He's Ready! Rudy Giuliani Talks with Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. February 6, 2007.

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• You never agree with any one candidate 100 percent. I don't agree with myself 100 percent. You don't even agree with me 100 percent.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Agree, Percent

  "He's Ready! Rudy Giuliani Talks with Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. February 6, 2007.

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• You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win the election for your party.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Party, Believe, Winning

  "He's Ready! Rudy Giuliani Talks with Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. February 6, 2007.

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• An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward, 'Gentlemen, let there be no mistake. I should make a good president, but a very bad candidate.

  James Bryce

  Mistake, Gentleman, President

  James Bryce (1920). “The American Commonwealth: Vol. 1: The National Government”, p.43, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Timothy Batten is an individual of high integrity and has given many years of service to Georgia and to the United States, .. His common sense dedication to the rule of law, intellect and experience make him a solid candidate for the federal bench in North Georgia.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Integrity, Dedication, Years

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• It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do.

  Frank Luntz

  Emotional, Tears, Way

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• It's just common sense that if you only have one candidate remaining, the apparatus of government should be responsive enough to accommodate that and not spend any more taxpayer money,.

  Anthony Weiner

  Government, Common Sense, Enough

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• I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

  Hosni Mubarak

  Responsibility, People, Choices

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