Mandates are not objective realities but subjective interpretations of elections sold successfully by the winning candidate or party. — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
Perfect is not on the menu. Nobody is going to be your ideal candidate. You can't dream somebody up out of nothing… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people… — Julie Nixon Eisenhower Copy Share Image
What is important is the victory of the people, not of a candidate. We must unite for the good of Madagascar's people,… — Andry Rajoelina Copy Share Image
I've been a candidate for office at least eight times. A couple times for mayor, state representative, city council. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The RNC, per our bylaws, cannot engage in primaries. That is not our role. We actually have a rule that prohibits us… — Ronna McDaniel Copy Share Image
I was the candidate first time a Green or any progressive third party has ever been in a national televised debate. I… — Peter Camejo Copy Share Image
Some good souls found The Candidate cynical. I wonder what they'll think when they read this portrait of the real-life Jerry Brown...… — Jeremy Larner Copy Share Image
From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into office. Just the opposite, in fact. Because the minute that… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
In Obama's case, we've enabled affirmative action to find a home in the nation's highest office. There you have it. I said… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Barack Obama didn't get elected president, would never have been elected president, had he decided to run as a black candidate. In… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In 1800, in the first interparty contest, the Federalists warned that presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson, because of his sympathy expressed at the… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I would like to see somebody who speaks for the underdog, for the people who don't have this in healthcare benefits. So… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
When the phonies are expelled from their leadership roles and the Republican Party backs a moderate gubernatorial candidate acceptable to the rank… — Carl Paladino Copy Share Image
Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a… — Bradley A. Smith Copy Share Image
Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith… — Thomas Kuhn Copy Share Image
On the field, I went from an anonymous redshirt to a short-yardage specialist to a Heisman Trophy candidate. Off the field, I… — Dak Prescott Copy Share Image
Virtually any pointed edifice is considered a candidate for alien engineering. After all, how could the Egyptians or Mayans have possibly stacked… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Political analysts are saying that as a candidate, Donald Trump is 'a totally unqualified nuisance.' In other words, he is a legitimate… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Candidate Trump had previously opined that 'Islam hates us' and had called for 'the total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
I don't think I would be characterized as a Tea Party candidate; I would be characterized as the most effective candidate. — Matt Rosendale Copy Share Image
Vote wisely! Weigh each candidate's qualifications, track record in public service or as a private citizen, over-all personal competencies and dedication to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rick Perry is the perfect candidate for those who thought George W. Bush was just too dang cerebral. And Adios, Mofo is… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I vote for a candidate I always try to learn as much as I can about them, but I guess I… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
I was a candidate in 1991. There was virtually a wave for Ram Mandir. In 1989 also, there was a wave - anti-Congress wave. — Harish Rawat Copy Share Image
What sort of job can you hold in America in which it is safe to hold the personal conviction that same-sex marriage… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
When a candidate walks away from a reality show, that's when you know they're serious about being president of the United States. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's hard to do, but a disciplined candidate who really has thoughtful solutions and a plan to execute on them, I think,… — Gretchen Whitmer Copy Share Image
I've never seen a candidate - I've never seen a human being - who, with the most limited briefing, can understand the… — James Carville Copy Share Image
You should not be misled about the so-called single opposition candidate. There are so many of them now that you will lack… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
I'm fighting for the heart and soul of the Republican Party and I think if I win this campaign that people will… — Doug Hoffman Copy Share Image
The strength of Donald Trump as a candidate - and I'm not in any way defending moral convictions or anything of the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I'm going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can't become… — Ksenia Sobchak Copy Share Image
