Candidates Quotes · Page 5

As a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the many who can express their love of country in…

— Jeb Bush

Every candidate has passive support. It's just people that are gonna vote for him no matter what.

— Rush Limbaugh

You can be guaranteed a story on the presidential campaign is gonna lampoon the Republican candidate in every one of those news…

— Rush Limbaugh

We realized that the world of popular culture had been creating the perfect candidate for many years: the female champion of the…

— Nick Offerman

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

— Mitt Romney

I am honored to have this role [of the moderator], but this evening belongs to the candidates and, just as important, to…

— Lester Holt

Best thing about Al Smith dinner: Cardinal Dolan got the candidates together for a brief prayer before going out on the stage.

— John I. Jenkins

To beat terrorism, there's only one candidate who can do it and it's Hillary Clinton.

— Tim Kaine

If you look on the fungal genome as being soldier candidates protecting the U.S. as our host defense, not only for the…

— Paul Stamets

I am also incredibly proud of my party because today we have two strong woman candidates going to the country, we will…

— Iain Duncan Smith

A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I've always said this and finally I had a chance to demonstrate it: The moderator should be seen little and heard even…

— Jim Lehrer

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

— Jim DeMint

I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star…

— Stephen Colbert

The candidates winning in 2018 are running races that talk about the policies young people and people of color care about -…

— Karine Jean-Pierre

The Southern Progress Fund will bring much-needed resources into multiple Southern states where Democrats must identify up-and-coming leaders and build a bench…

— Ronnie Musgrove

When we put too much hope in a candidate or a party we set ourselves up for disappointment. When I see a…

— Shane Claiborne

I think it's important for people to say look, what does each party and each candidate have to offer for you. If…

— Hillary Clinton

When you have a 12-minute debate over whether lipstick on a pig refers to a demeaning comment about the vice presidential candidate,…

— Newt Gingrich

Because the people of New Hampshire take their responsibilities as citizens of the Republic seriously, they keep it interesting for candidates who,…

— John McCain

I asked all of our recruiters to give me all resumes of prospective employees with their name, gender, place of origin, and…

— Eric Ries

There have been candidates who've been right on trade but wrong on the other two, right on war but wrong on the…

— Rush Limbaugh

the systematic abuse with which the newspapers of one side assail every candidate coming forward on the other, is the cause of…

— Harriet Martineau

For Democrats to win, they're going to have to address the needs of working people. They're going to have to address the…

— Bernie Sanders

The best thing about this group of candidates is that only one of them can win.

— Will Rogers

Republican candidates have won whites with college degrees in every presidential election since polling began.

— Mara Liasson

I don't hide my emotions from people. I am not a focus-group tested, blow-dried candidate or governor.

— Chris Christie

I think they're more looking at these two candidates. It's a band of voters with which neither candidate has very high approval…

— Bill Burton

The 1980 Republican presidential contest might have been as good a roster of candidates as ever fielded by any party.

— James Carville

My most difficult opponent is myself. When I am playing I often involuntarily make a world champion out of a candidate master.

— Lev Polugaevsky

Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates.

— Carol S. Dweck

The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your [Hillary Clinton] damn e-mails!

— Bernie Sanders

Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

I tell people it's like shopping for a car.People are taking candidates out for a test drive, seeing what they like.

— John Thune

I think we should know about candidates desires and views, but I think it would be a mistake to assume that they…

— Sung Won Sohn

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

— Thomas Bulfinch

It doesn't matter if the Republican or the Democratic candidate wins the governorship [of Hawaii]. Either one is already in the kingdom.

— Ed Silvoso

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on…

— Bob Woodward

I think honestly that Michael [Gove] came to this decision[Prime Minister candidate] very late, that he needed to step up.

— Nicky Morgan

I don't get asked a lot of questions about who is the best political candidate or what my position is on what…

— Max Lucado