Candidates Quotes · Page 2

We've got to protect the candidates who put themselves forward.

— Lindsay Hoyle

Mexico isn't a country of routine debates among presidential candidates.

— Denise Dresser

In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.

— Susan Estrich

The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face al Qaeda.

— Roger Ailes

“The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them.”

— Cormac McCarthy

Rhetoric matters, and what candidates say is not simply for show.

— Jamelle Bouie

Donald Trump is not a normal presidential candidate.

— Hillary Clinton

I assume I have the lowest blood pressure of any candidate.

— Jill Stein

I'm not going to talk about supporting somebody for a long time. I don't know who the two party candidates are going…

— Michael Bloomberg

Obama a ‘light-skinned’ African-American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

— Harry Reid

Each congressional race really depends upon the candidates and how they carry the message.

— George W. Bush

One of the great virtues of our democratic system is that only one of the candidates gets elected.

— Bernard Meltzer

It's important for us all to elect people not just on blind party loyalty. We've got to really examine what candidates say…

— Paul F. Tompkins

Barack Obama may be black, but John McCain is the first Albino presidential candidate: he's completely see-through!

— George Lopez

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the most disliked and untrusted candidates for president in American history.

— Jill Stein

Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money.

— Robert Scheer

In every election cycle that I can recall, there comes a moment - or a few - where charges of elitism and…

— John Ridley

I have read that during the process of canonization the Catholic Church demands proof of joy in the candidate, and although I…

— Phyllis McGinley

I never stop running. I'm not one of the weenies who drop out just because the electoral college votes. I'm still in…

— Dave Barry

To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for…

— Bill Rancic

You look at these primaries so far, do you realize they don't like [Ted] Cruz either, Ted - Chris [Christie]. In fact,…

— Rush Limbaugh

It is often just as important to be perceived as something as actually to be that something and, as a matter of…

— Jimmy Carter

I'm very proud that a woman, has finally been chosen as a candidate for the president of the United States, because I…

— Stevie Nicks

When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody…

— Franklin P. Adams

I believe that it is preferable sometimes to have one candidate rather another candidate, while you understand that that is not the…

— Howard Zinn

Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor…

— Michael Parenti

Even Republicans seem to think that these undocumented Democrats could be made [GOP] voters...and what happens is that two out every three…

— Steve King

As we watch Republican candidates like Scott Walker and Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal and George Pataki, and even Jeb Bush and…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

I understand that I have many, many friends who are women who understand Planned Parenthood better than you or I will ever…

— Donald Trump

What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate…

— Robert Ringer

It is unnatural that a pure stream should flow from a foul fountain its vices are but a continuation of the vices…

— Thomas Paine

Superstring theories provide a framework in which the force of gravity may be united with the other three forces in nature: the…

— Edward Witten

As candidates and elected officials, we have an obligation to be honest.

— Cary Kennedy

I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.

— Jesse Jackson

[Donald Trump] was a better candidate; that's how he won.

— Kellyanne Conway

If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination.

— Jesse Jackson

If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide.

— Ted Cruz

Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate.

— Natalie Portman

Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.

— Ted Cruz

I spend a lot of my day talking to candidates for office.

— Sam Bankman-Fried