Candidates Quotes · Page 8

It is universally accepted that an admission of atheism would be instant political suicide for any (U.S.) presidential candidate.

— Richard Dawkins

I think it is a mistake for candidates, or once they get elected in office, to be dwelling too much on the…

— Rick Santelli

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated…

— Ambrose Bierce

When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe...

— Ariel Durant

By voting for a candidate, we're not endorsing a particular lifestyle. We're simply voting on the issues.

— Robert Jeffress

Another thing the Democrats have grown accustomed to is their candidate is untouchable.

— Rush Limbaugh

Vote for the candidate you believe would be the best candidate. That's the way it should work.

— Rudy Giuliani

The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage…

— Xavier Niel

There's going to be a demand for perfectionism on the part of Hillary Clinton, or any other pro-equality woman candidate, that would…

— Gloria Steinem

Candidates need to demonstrate strategic thinking and strong problem solving skills. And, just as importantly, they need to know when and how…

— Marillyn Hewson

I think, again, neither of these candidates [Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton] is blowing me away. Actually, I would like both of…

— John McCain

The problem with every American candidate regarding the presidency, I am not talking only about this campaign or elections, but generally, that…

— Bashar al-Assad

Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American…

— Ronald Reagan

Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and…

— Jim Hightower

On Tuesday, Utah Candidate Mia Love became the first black Republican woman elected to Congress. She's also a Mormon. Yeah, a black…

— Jimmy Fallon

I think because I really didn't have a good strategy for my campaign. I didn't plan it the right way. ... As…

— Hillary Clinton

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

I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not…

— Shirley Chisholm

I have really got it into my head to try to be United States Senator, and, if I could have your support,…

— Abraham Lincoln

The world of strict naturalism in which clever mathematical laws all by themselves bring the universe and life into existence, is pure…

— John Lennox

What I say is it's not that Obama hates America. It's not that he's a traitor, that he's a secret Muslim, that…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Every time I would give a talk, someone would say, 'You ought to go into politics.' I prefer to call it government…

— Brad Wenstrup

Two-thirds of the Iranian people would like to be reconciled with the West. They don't like the fanaticism of the governing religious…

— William J. Clinton

To some extent it [Mr. Bush's standing in the polls] is affecting the races, but only because the races really haven't begun.…

— John Brabender

A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language.

— Marya Mannes

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

— Tamara Keith

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won so big in 1994.

— Pete du Pont

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

— Irvine Welsh

The people of America are tired of voting based on what candidates have told them they're gonna do, and nothing ever changes.

— Rush Limbaugh

It's all these pundits, all these consultants, and the candidates, as if they're in a bubble leaving democracy off-limits.

— Ralph Nader

The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].

— Leon Trotsky

Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters.

— Bryant H. McGill

I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.

— Harry Browne

I don't have a problem with a woman being president; I just want the best candidate.

— Michael Bloomberg

If you looked at Jeb Bush's campaign, it's more than just money. It's the nature of the candidate and the message and…

— Bernie Sanders

I've never heard anybody [of president's candidates] talk about the poorly educated.

— Chris Matthews

I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I'm more honest and my women are more beautiful.

— Donald Trump

In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.

— Conan O'Brien

Some candidates can sit in an office for 10 hours a day asking for money. That's just not who I am.

— Paul Sadler

Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you.

— Nina Easton