Campaigns Quotes · Page 3

Remember, the Legislature is the joke, not our campaign.

— Kinky Friedman

We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.

— Mitt Romney

I personally do not owe the debt that was owed by the campaign.

— Alan Keyes

Bill Clinton was giving the Clinton campaign the best advice.

— Mary Matalin

Small blogs are starting up big campaigns.

— Jessica Valenti

The golden rule has no place in a political campaign.

— John James Ingalls

I am a bit biased. I co-chair the campaign effort of George W. Bush.

— Katherine Harris

I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.

— Gary Clark, Jr

I'm from Hope, Arkansas, you may have heard of it. All I'm asking is, give us one more chance.

— Mike Huckabee

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

— John Rawls

I do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns.

— Laurance Rockefeller

In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The good and the bad news is that politicians rarely do what they say they are going to do when they campaign.

— Charles Koch

[Barack] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign he said, I'm a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, compromising politician.

— Bill Ayers

Ben Smith's quick-hit campaign 'scoops' are about as viral as cat videos. That fits with Buzzfeed.

— Nick Denton

In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results.

— Sean Parker

I think Jason Chaffetz was correct to call for an investigation into the Government Ethics Department in the government for the positions…

— Reince Priebus

The International Court of Justice (a.k.a. World Court) is the judicial branch of the United Nations and in the early 1990's a…

— John Burroughs

From our perspective, trying to deal with this continuing campaign of terror, if you will, the war on terror that we're engaged…

— Dick Cheney

Jeb [Bush] doesn't really believe I'm unhinged. He said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign. It's been a…

— Donald Trump

Bill Clinton has a brand new book coming out in a few months and the Democrats are worried that the Clinton book…

— David Letterman

If anonymous [Donald] Trump campaign sources are to be believed, they're pretty concerned he's going to blow the big debate Monday night…

— Chris Hayes

I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to…

— Ronald Reagan

I think there are two basic approaches you can use for campaign finance. One is complete openness, everybody knows absolutely everything, but…

— David Brooks

In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart. They are real and sustainable. Their foundations…

— Howard Schultz

When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me…

— Dee Dee Myers

Our [Republicans'] object is to avoid having stupid candidates who can't win general elections, who are undisciplined, can't raise money, aren't putting…

— Karl Rove

Marco Rubio was fighting to grant amnesty and not to secure the border, I was fighting to secure the border. And this…

— Ted Cruz

I heard this today and I thought this was fascinating and interesting. President Bush has two daughters, two beautiful daughters, and they…

— David Letterman

When I was discussing my role with other senior campaign folks, they would say, "I know you have four kids, but..." I…

— Kellyanne Conway

The lobbying over China most favored nation trading status was disgusting. There's no way in hell that MFN would have passed in…

— Mark Shields

Under normal circumstances, if the centerpiece of a president's campaign is helping the disadvantaged and we are our brother's keeper, the idea…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Most makeup campaigns are not in black and white.

— Carine Roitfeld

Almost all political campaigns involve falsity and playacting.

— Rich Lowry

Campaigns and primaries can get ugly. There are always messy squabbles.

— Joy-Ann Reid

Well, I mean, I think all campaigns run negative and positive ads.

— Brad Parscale

Like most meaningful activities, campaigns are team games.

— Alastair Campbell

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

— Sun Tzu

I've covered a lot of presidential campaigns.

— Dana Bash

I would like to have campaign spending limits.

— Mitt Romney