Country Quote by Shirley Chisholm

I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be…

— Robert Kennedy

I run for president because I believe that we can't just save the American dream; we can expand it to reach more people and…

— Marco Rubio

I ran [for presidency] because I knew what trouble our country was in.

— Donald Trump

Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.

— George McGovern

Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on.

— Craig Armstrong

I ran because I became convinced after King was shot and killed, and Martin Luther King was one of the great heroes of my…

— Maynard Jackson

I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate…

— Margaret Chase Smith

I decided to run for office because I've seen that elected officials would rather let us suffer than put in the work to actually…

— Cori Bush

It seems like everybody is forcing me to run for president.

— Ko Wen-je

I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man, but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that…

— Robert Kennedy

I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign…

— John McCain

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.

— Kristin Lehman