Establishment Quote by Sarah Palin

There are some in the establishment who dislike a candidate who thinks for himself and isn't easily controlled by the Washington establishment. I will…

— Kris Kobach

I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for…

— Ronald Reagan

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist…

— Matt Taibbi

I am an elected official, a politician who has been very successful in Washington, in city halls and state houses for my entire career.…

— Michael Capuano

Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.

— Thomas More

To be perfectly honest, it isn't fair that people have used my personality, and the sacrifices I make because I want to, as an…

— Steve Garvey

It is in the nature of all party systems that the authentically political talents can assert themselves only in rare cases, and it is…

— Hannah Arendt

When I was put up as a candidate for this, I was a political person. But after becoming the president, I become non-political, a-political,…

— Pratibha Patil

If you're running for office, it's tough to be an incumbent. It's tough to run out of Washington. It's better to be an outsider.…

— Mark McKinnon

“If somebody wants to run for office, they had better to explain why they want to run for office. Wanting to be a candidate…

— Douglas Coupland

It is true that all of the current presidential candidates once denied that they had any intention of running. But the fact that I…

— Pat Paulsen

A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that…

— John Sununu