Candidate Quotes

354 quotes by 288 authors

When I propose a candidate for a job I don't do it because the person in question is the best but because he is the… — Jo Nesbo
When I was twelve, I was interviewed by a doctoral candidate in education and asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I… — Judith Butler
I am my own best friend and my own worst enemy. Before coming here, I was thinking I don't deserve it, that i wouldn't be… — Paulo Coelho
The Republican party is the party of nostalgia. It seeks to return America to a simpler, more innocent and moral past that never actually existed.… — Jon Stewart
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate. — Mark B. Cohen
Dogs are great assets to candidates, and the feeling seems to be engendered that if a dog loves the candidate, he can't be all that… — Dick Gregory
The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street. — Kin Hubbard
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the… — Alexander Fraser Tytler
I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this… — Pat Paulsen
Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous. — Mark McKinnon
Advocacy groups and voters are not wrong to push candidates to declare their position clearly on policy issues. That is good citizenship. Hard questions should… — Mark McKinnon
The vice presidential candidate does not usually make much difference at the polls. But that may be changing as voters become more aware that the… — Madeleine M. Kunin
As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A… — Camille Paglia
The truth is that anyone, almost anyone, who receives the Nobel Prize has some indirect knowledge of one sort or another that they may be… — James Rothman
The point of a presidential campaign is to put the candidate through the ringer: to force him to get banged up by his opponents and… — Monica Crowley
Virtually every one of the most far-right neocon Bush officials - including Dick Cheney himself - has spent years now praising Obama for continuing their… — Glenn Greenwald
I interviewed most of the presidential candidates about their positions on technology issues in the 2008 election. After those interviews I endorsed one candidate from… — Michael Arrington
It is never a perfect time or a right time to step aside. But for me, this is the time. I want to share with… — Tom Latham
Because so many voters happen to be illiterate, India invented the party symbol, so that voters who could not read the name of their candidate… — Shashi Tharoor
From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up the First Amendment,… — Noah Feldman

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