Campaigns Quotes · Page 4

The civilities of the great are never thrown away.

— Samuel Johnson

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

— Mark Shields

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

— Kinky Friedman

Nothing brings closure to a campaign like opening it up again.

— Jon Stewart

Social media has become a primary factor in political campaigns.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Never let your campaigns write cheques that your website can't cash.

— Avinash Kaushik

Ted Cruz knew Ben Carson did not leave the campaign.

— Donald Trump

Do not run a campaign that would embarrass your mother.

— Robert Byrd

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

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

— Al Gore

I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.

— Alexander the Great

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

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

If you want to be backed by corporations so that you're elected mayor, then it's going to be very problematic for you…

— Amber Hollibaugh

I would not advise people who feel strongly or are concerned about some of the issues that have been raised during the…

— Barack Obama

No doubt the [presedential] campaigns have reflected some anxiety, anger, and resentment in the nation at large, and we must try to…

— John I. Jenkins

This voting thing is actually beautiful. Not just necessary - it's a wonderful thing and it makes you powerful. And we've forgotten…

— Joss Whedon

They've been very helpful. They allow voters to cut through the din and clutter of the $100-million smear campaign the unions have…

— Todd Harris

Donald Trump's campaign has raised about $100,000 in donations during the second quarter. Which raises an important question: Who is giving Donald…

— Jimmy Fallon

Presidential campaign getting kind of ugly, did you hear about this? Yesterday, a 27-year-old woman came for to deny rumors that she…

— Conan O'Brien

It's not a cost of doing business when the corporation executives go to jail, and that's why they fight so hard to…

— Ralph Nader

Think the very fact that somebody like Mike Pence is seen as useful to the [Donald] Trump campaign would be analytically a…

— Mark Colvin

As a mom, I understand how important it is to ensure kids start their day right and always make sure my kids…

— Monica Potter

Liberals think their campaign against Wal-Mart is a way of introducing the subject of class into America's political argument, and they are…

— George Will

Alexander's achievement was not the conquest of India, but the feat of actually getting there and his two years in India were…

— Karen Armstrong

America should really wonder about a President Trump, who had a campaign manager with ties to Putin, pro-putin elements in the Ukraine…

— Tim Kaine

Drag for me is costume, and what I'm trying to do is, sometimes I'll go around and wear makeup in the streets,…

— Eddie Izzard

“The point is that television does not reveal who the best man is. In fact, television makes impossible the determination of who…

— Neil Postman

I know I hated magic for a reason," Janco said. "Congratulations. This is the first time you've had a VALID reason to…

— Maria V. Snyder

Bill Clinton was giving the Clinton campaign the best advice.

— Mary Matalin

The golden rule has no place in a political campaign.

— John James Ingalls

Small blogs are starting up big campaigns.

— Jessica Valenti

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

— Katherine Harris

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

Race has been a big issue in this [presidency] campaign [2016].

— Lester Holt

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

— Mark Shields