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I was not a Democrat; I was an independent. Here's the thing: You can't win that way. But I didn't know that.

— Kyrsten Sinema

You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win the election…

— Rudy Giuliani

Winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification or a sign of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win…

— Mark Penn

Democrats can hardly stand on principle regarding election year nominations when they were more than willing to engage in a partisan, election-year impeachment fiasco…

— Tom Fitton

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

If I'm not the Democratic nominee, I'm gonna get out there and work for whoever the Democratic nominee is, because I believe they will…

— Andrew Gillum

To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

— John Lewis

If I am the nominee I will not run as an independent.

— Donald Trump

I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

One of the favorite tricks of the Democrats is to try to get the Republicans to pass over their strongest candidate and nominate instead…

— Phyllis Schlafly

I think that if the Democratic Party focuses on nominating who will make the best president, that's going to be a critical mistake. There's…

— Michael Avenatti

To win in 2020, a Democratic nominee will need to win back voters in key Midwestern states who supported Trump in 2016.

— Max Boot