Campaigning Quote by George McGovern Download Open image “Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.” — George McGovern ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Campaigning Convinced Election Negative Pay Politician Politics
I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of… — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
Part of the problem with politics is we don't have people who want to get in the fray because of guys like Sen. McConnell,… — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
Politicians make a lot of promises when they are campaigning, and they come to towns, and people get enthusiastic about them coming to their… — Yalitza Aparicio Copy Share Image
Candidates, of course, often claim that they want to run 'a purely positive campaign,' but this rarely materializes. — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
Politics is a messy business, but campaigning prepares you for governing. It prepares you to get hit, stand strong, and, if necessary, hit back. — James Carville Copy Share Image
Even though voters overwhelmingly dislike negative ads, they do influence voters' opinions about a candidate. — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
A lot of our Democratic consultants have fallen into the self-defeating prescription that the candidate that runs the most negative ads wins. I have… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
It takes money to run political campaigns. This is a cancer growing on the soul of our democracy. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie, — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down ... — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
It is only because of the love of masses that I am campaigning for the SP. — Jaya Prada Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important reason to be skeptical of government inflation numbers is that the government, like a fox campaigning to guard a hen… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Campaigning actress ASHLEY JUDD refuses to 'breed' with her racing star husband DARIO FRANCHITTI while there are starving children in the world. . .… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there is the… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
For me, respect is an extremely important political term. Since I began campaigning, it has been at the heart of each of my speeches.… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
I heard you're campaigning on my behalf." He walked over to me. "That wouldn't be because you'd miss me too much if I were… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
George W. Bush is very vulnerable but not if you campaign the way the major candidates - except for Dean and Kucinich - are… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
Family law is institutionally anti-male. I've been lobbying MPs, and I'm not going to give up campaigning for equality until I get equality. — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
I would not ask anyone to vote for me based on my last name. I am certainly not campaigning to be president because my… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Solutions-oriented campaigning with a little passion and a little humor; I think that will go a long way. I think people are desperate for… — Laura Ingraham Copy Share Image