Big difference Quote by Richard Stengel

Campaigning is different from governing.

— Barack Obama

I always say that campaigning and governing are two different things.

— Barack Obama

Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.

— Susan Rice

Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union.

— Robert Dallek

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

Campaigns are fun. Campaigns are police escorts, they're airplanes, they're crowds, they're balloons, they're bands, a lot of fun. You speak in vague generalities.…

— Mark Shields

Politics lasts only so long - though today it's getting harder to tell where the campaigning stops and the governing begins.

— Dorothy Bush Koch

A campaign is a disagreement, and disagreements divide. But an election is a decision, and decisions clear the way for harmony and peace. I…

— George H. W. Bush

We love the blather and boast, the charge and counter-charge of campaigning. Governing is a tougher deal.

— Hugh Sidey

Campaigning ain't tough.

— Jason Kander

There is always a gap between what candidates say in the heat of the campaign, when they are not constrained by the realities of…

— Anand Giridharadas

Campaigning means talking to people in the street, it's important.

— Ayelet Shaked