Candidate Quotes · Page 3

Any candidate should put forward a vision and plans that really show how we can move with urgency.

— Michelle Wu

On the campaign trail, candidate Trump occasionally raised the idea of creating 'safe zones' for Syrian civilians.

— Peter Bergen

I don't have a problem with a woman being president; I just want the best candidate.

— Michael Bloomberg

Remember, it is not about voting for the perfect candidate - there is no such thing. Presidents are human.

— Michelle Obama

I was the perfect candidate. America had their chance with the perfect candidate.

— Michele Bachmann

I'm running because I think I'm the best candidate to take Jeff Sessions' place.

— Luther Strange

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer.

— Horatio Alger

The expectation that 'Trump as president' will be starkly different from 'Trump as candidate' is a false hope at best.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Any normal candidate who mocked the disabled or made crude reference to a woman's menstrual cycle or dabbled in 9/11 conspiracy theories…

— Pamela Meyer

For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to…

— Naya Rivera

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a…

— John F. Kennedy

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American…

— Karl Rove

I don't think I would be characterized as a Tea Party candidate; I would be characterized as the most effective candidate.

— Matt Rosendale

I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't…

— Pete Sessions

The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption…

— James L. Buckley

Before I ever endorse a candidate, I meet them, interview them, interview their colleagues and evaluate their competitors, study their positions and…

— Shaun King

All that is needed is money and a candidate who can be coached to look sincere. Political principles and plans for specific…

— Aldous Huxley

I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm…

— Bob Newhart

I don't think Hillary Clinton is going to support any of the things that you stand for if you're a Republican. I'm…

— Paul Ryan

There's no question that a public official of either party can take it too far, and it's up to the candidate to…

— Bob Casey, Jr

I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and the woman asked, 'Why…

— Mike Birbiglia

“Every day that I was a candidate for President, I knew that millions of people were counting on me, and I couldn’t…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner'…

— Jeff Greenfield

There is one candidate in this election who will protect that dream. One leader who will fight hard to keep the promise…

— Susana Martinez

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

— Peter Jennings

Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.

— Mark McKinnon

I believe, and that is that I am the strongest candidate to take it to the Republicans and win in November [2016].

— Hillary Clinton

I'm honored to receive the support of former Republican candidate for governor, William Woods.

— Andy Beshear

There's nothing like volunteers who believe in a candidate and a cause.

— Steve Stockman

I've said time and again, I'm a pro-life candidate, I'll be a pro-life president.

— Mitt Romney

I am an independent reform candidate. I do not represent the past.

— Lori Lightfoot

It is reckless for a presidential candidate to publicly raise doubts about honoring treaty commitments with our allies.

— Susan Collins

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like…

— William Howard Taft

The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.

— Kin Hubbard

In my case, I am always that odd candidate that doesn't look like everybody else.

— Rashida Tlaib

Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition.

— Timothy Noah

Can a serious party put up an individual perceived previously or continuously as a joke candidate? I say yes.

— Vermin Supreme

If Donald Trump is the candidate against Hillary Clinton, then I will be supporting Donald Trump.

— Lee Zeldin

You can identify me as the freedom or the liberty candidate or the limited government candidate.

— Matt Rosendale

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.

— Kin Hubbard