Candidates Quotes · Page 39

The establishment is divorcing itself from its base - from voters who are choosing a candidate who says he stands for things…

— Mara Liasson

Most of the presidential candidates' economic packages involve 'tax breaks,' which is when the government, amid great fanfare, generously decides not to…

— Dave Barry

...the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of…

— Joseph J. Ellis

While I hold my own views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to…

— Marcus Samuelsson

President Obama, by the way, has set a Guinness World Record as the fastest person to get a million Twitter followers. Obama…

— Conan O'Brien

Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is…

— P. J. O'Rourke

In post-Vietnam, post-Watergate America, skeptical voters demand full disclosure of everything from candidates' finances to their medical records, and spin-savvy accounts of…

— Virginia Postrel

My opponents will do anything they can to distract from their own flawed candidate. Bob Menendez is under federal criminal investigation. As…

— Thomas Kean, Jr

Donald Trump is in office. It's not just another Republican candidate - Donald Trump. And people were so disaffected with the liberal…

— Steve Inskeep

I can't predict if I will see a woman president, but I think I may well because, again, Hillary Clinton got more…

— Barbara Boxer

I'm sick of the pussies on the right, if I can use that word, they're pathetic. The poll-tested, Republican strategist driven candidate…

— Andrew Breitbart

I see many founders waste too much time trying to work their networks and/or ultimately settle for mediocre but available candidates. You…

— Scott Weiss

The president made clear when he was a candidate for this office and when he took this office, that unfortunately prior to…

— Jay Carney

All the more reason we need to stand up for our democracy now. If we're going to solve the crises that are…

— Jill Stein

I believe Donald Trump is the best guy for president; and I'm not going to shy away and I take the risk.…

— Joe Arpaio

Companies who have been able to groom CEOs internally have done significantly better. We came to the conclusion that the quality of…

— Jorma Ollila

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence…

— Jim DeMint

Republican candidate George Pataki said his dogs would give him the best endorsement for becoming our next president. Until they hear Chris…

— Jimmy Fallon

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

— Jesse Jackson

Aside from Donald Trump, polls find [Hillary] Clinton to be the least-liked presidential candidate in recent history.

— Tamara Keith

We know that Obama wasn't vetted through the campaign, and now, you know, some things are coming home to roost, if you…

— Sarah Palin

My focus is not on any one particular election or any one particular candidate. My focus is on the issues and policy…

— Ted Cruz

Basically I'm the first woman [run a president campaign] - it doesn't get covered a lot because I'm in the wrong party…

— Kellyanne Conway

I feel passionately about issues, and I don't hide my emotions from people. I am not a focus group-tested, blow-dried candidate or…

— Chris Christie

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