Candidate Quote by Ari Melber

One knows their capacity to fulfill promises. It should be taken into account before promising the voters.

— Uddhav Thackeray

Campaign promises are - by long democratic tradition - the least binding form of human commitment.

— Antonin Scalia

The most important thing about a candidate is not their promises - those hardly ever get delivered anyway. It's about how they would respond…

— Steve Hilton

When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things.

— Hugh Masekela

A campaign forms the basis for the public's expectations of how the candidate will govern once in office.

— Neera Tanden

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

— Dick Gregory

In this way, there is a strange alchemy to modern campaigning: a candidate must highlight the urgency of the choice facing voters and suggest…

— Alex Wagner

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

— Youssou N'Dour

To a certain extent, people's behavior in a campaign is generally a reflection of how they would act in office.

— John Hickenlooper

Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.

— Jeb Bush

Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself.

— Thomas Frank

Politicians often lie.

— Paul Weyrich