Campaigns Quotes · Page 14

Campaigns are no longer high-minded exchanges of ideas, even though God knows we need more good ones - ideas, that is.

— Charlie Pierce

Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past.

— Mark McKinnon

Donald Trump has always had women around him in powerful positions. That's true in his corporation, in his campaign, and now his…

— Kellyanne Conway

The 2016 presidential campaign is heating up. Can you feel the indifference, the apathy?

— David Letterman

An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.

— Bill Vaughan

Now, Mr. President, we don't intend to trouble you during the campaign but after you are elected, then look out for us!

— Susan B Anthony

I think the issue of marriage is a vitally important issue on which I would campaign heavily.

— Eric Abetz

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

— Colin Powell

There is a lightning quickness to the speed at which candidates can build and accidentally dismantle their own campaigns. If candidates don't…

— Bill Burton

There is not a well-funded campaign among scientists to say, "Look, here's the evidence. You can read it yourself. Here are the…

— Sylvia Earle

And I think more of a concern has been not within the campaign, the mistakes that were made, not being able to…

— Sarah Palin

We deserve a president of the United States who will write laws for all Americans, not for campaign contributors. And I intend…

— John F. Kerry

I think it will be very challenging for someone who has not been in prominent public life in the age of Twitter…

— Daniel Pfeiffer

I was in the category of people who thought that his [Bernie Sanders ]campaign was worthy, even noble and it would push…

— Tom Hayden

Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national…

— Mike Jackson

They're mounting a campaign right now with the ACLU and a lot of different organizations advocating for [Edward Snoden] pardoning before [Barack]…

— Zachary Quinto

Legislative action will never bring genuine campaign-finance reform. Consultants will prove endlessly inventive in gaming whatever system the reformers can devise so…

— Dick Morris

Just five days now before Donald Trump becomes president of the United States after the most intense week yet of this transition.It…

— Donald Trump

America has always been the most fertile ground for models - and they were always exported to other countries. When Eastern Europe…

— Michael Flutie

It was a very unusual year [2015]. You usually don't have five campaigns operating full time in a state this late into…

— Marco Rubio

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes…

— Ralph Nader

We talked a lot about Donald's [Trump] record on immigration. There is irony that he has made the center of his entire…

— Ted Cruz

A political life, I've often said, is a continuing education in human nature, including one's own. My involvement on the ground floor…

— Hillary Clinton

The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.

— Al Gore

Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives.

— Ron Fournier

Increasingly, it's actresses doing the big fashion advertising campaigns, and now there's no distinction between actresses and models.

— Romola Garai

If someone wants to run a campaign about '90s nostalgia, it's not going to be very successful.

— Jeb Bush

Barack Obama's campaign of empty self-contradictory promises has apparently hoodwinked the state of Wyoming.

— Charles Foster Johnson

The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in.

— Rob McKenna

I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will…

— Jack Abramoff

Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.

— William Hague

Ad campaigns are necessary for competition. But good PR educates people; that's all it is.

— Steve Jobs

“Bernie gave us something much more important than his candidacy for President; he gave us each other.”

— Kacey Carpenter

I am very proud of the campaign we ran and the supporters that came on board.

— Bernie Sanders

I'm beholding to nobody, I've spent you know, tens and tens of millions of dollars on the campaign.

— Donald Trump

I think people are exaggerating the fears of a Donald Trump presidency because they're coming off a campaign where they're very disappointed.

— Rudy Giuliani

Barry Goldwater has definitely decided to be a candidate in '64. He will campaign in all thirteen states.

— George Carlin

Thanks to the tabloid campaigns I have many death threats and I was very pleased to get another one the other day.

— Tony Benn

My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing…

— Claire McCaskill