Candidates Quotes · Page 43

When you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you're…

— Barack Obama

Running for office in our country takes a lot of money, and candidates have to go out and raise it. New York…

— Hillary Clinton

Weaponization of a candidate's words against him or her is something we're seeing a lot. The term Obamacare was used against Obama…

— Ben Zimmer

I think where conservatives were wary of Trump is he had not advocated for conservative positions for decades. He had been more…

— Matt Schlapp

Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

When I evaluate a candidate, one of the most important criteria is what I call “the first derivative.” Is this person learning?…

— Eric Sink

Obviously in the next few months we have got to do everything that we can to make sure that Donald Trump, who…

— Bernie Sanders

Europeans forget that one-third of the American people have had a personal conversation with Jesus Christ and that the born-again are not…

— Edmund White

Good luck to progressive candidates in U.S. Senate elections against the usual rich, white, racist, women-hating pricks they run against.

— Irvine Welsh

I see a big difference between the Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate.

— William Weld

[Mitch Daniels] was not a bad governor. He could be playful, but - or communicator.I'm just saying it will - I think…

— David Brooks

Now Mitt is not a perfect candidate. He has a number of problems. It's hard for him, for blue collar families like…

— George Pataki

If you say in advance there is going to be a main candidate and then that doesn't count later, then that's going…

— Martin Schulz

I did not know in the beginning how important the trip would be but we knew that Iran was in the crosshairs…

— Louis Farrakhan

Are you an action-oriented, take-charge person interested in exciting new challenges? As director of a major public-sector organization, you will manage a…

— Winston Churchill

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

— George Lopez

In my mind, there's no question that Donald Trump has energized the Latino community more than any other presidential candidate. Unfortunately for…

— Julian Castro

Weary of wily politicians who say one thing and do another, voters and advocacy groups insist presidential contenders commit to the cause…

— Mark McKinnon

Any time you get into a presidential campaign and the stakes are so high, all candidates - they want to be in…

— Bob Schieffer

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your…

— Joan Blades

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

— Shirley Chisholm

Trump is the candidate giving voice to untold millions of fed-up Americans witnessing a purposeful destruction of our economy and the equal…

— Sarah Palin

I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary…

— Jeb Bush

[Kellyanne] Conway had just explained how they won the presidency. They flipped over 200 counties, and she explained, "Did you ever think,…

— Rush Limbaugh

Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates.

— Chris Christie