Anonymity Quote by George W. Bush

It is a tremendous sacrifice to run for political office in America today.

— Roger Ailes

A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.

— Woodrow Wilson

In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.

— Charles Schumer

A large part of running for president is intense scrutiny on personal history and political records. But once you're in office, that scrutiny subsides.

— Jamelle Bouie

There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation's history, whether it was habeas corpus during…

— Dick Durbin

John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental.

— Edgar Bronfman, Sr

I think when a campaign is dishonest in the ads they run about another candidate, it diminishes the campaign, it diminishes the candidate, and…

— Mitt Romney

I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

I don't think people realize how life-altering running for president is.

— Steve Bannon

One of the things that will probably need to be addressed is in the treatment of history, i.e. the Presidential Papers Act. If they…

— Ted Gup

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as…

— Karl Rove