Campaigning Quote by Rick Perlstein

“He wasn't what sent me running. He was what made we want to stay.”

— Abbi Glines

“He's got it all. The lineage, the resources, the perfect presidential hair. He'd be crazy not to run.”

— Cristin Terrill

“The thing about trips is that all the trouble is in the anticipation.”

— Erika Robuck

“And when they were elected, they arrived in Washington with absolutely no idea what to do. Their only goal had already been achieved: They…

— David Baldacci

“Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.”

— Peter Prange

“(Running for president" was a chance to do the most good I would ever be able to do.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“presidency, and that’s all that mattered. The next day”

— Alyssa Mastromonaco

“you should not run for president because tactically you can win. The questions you have to ask are why you're running for president and…

— Joe Biden

“In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

“Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.”

— Bill Clinton

“I guess if you were going to do something so stupid as to be president, you would want to go for something big.” “I…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“Just move your legs. Because if you don’t think you were born to run, you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.”

— Christopher McDougall