Famous Quotes & Sayings

We don't consider him to be a legitimate Republican candidate and won't debate him.

Will Adams

We do not customarily endorse congressional candidates and we did not in this case.

That's the kind of skill that you want in a president. It also gives the candidate a chance to talk about their plans.

That's what got him motivated. He seems to care about people, and the City Council is definitely out of touch with people. He wants to be a candidate that people can trust and go to.

We're definitely sending the message that Jerry Kilgore is the candidate who has a solid plan to put more money into transportation projects.

I think it would be a good candidate for a warning. It's something that should be seriously considered.

I think Joe, really under the circumstances, did a great job for us. It's just that we really don't consider him a candidate right now.

It seems clear that many Republicans, while they may still like and support George Bush, are growing uneasy with what may happen to their candidates -- and the policies they support -- in the November elections.

It seemed to be a speech more appropriate for a political hack than a presidential candidate by someone who clearly fails to recognize leadership. It was a contradiction within a contradiction.

That's quite a lot of job candidates hitting the market. It depends on what the timing is going to be. If it is gradual, that would the transition easier.

That's the contest that will take place, but so far our candidate is doing well.

Bruce Braley

This election is about your future ... You have to decide if you want a candidate with the same old tradition or one with a fresh new perspective, one who is willing to stand up. That is me.

Because of all the money that was spent, it got voters more interested. If it had just been candidates who couldn't self-fund, I think turnout would have been much smaller.

Boris Yeltsin

Chernomyrdin is the candidate I have chosen for prime minister and I will insist upon it,

An ideal candidate would be able to satisfy different racial factions.

A self-funded candidate may make a splash early on with slick TV ads. But people want to peel back the surface and see if this is a candidate we can trust to do what's right.

As a Panhellenic whole, we do not support one candidate or the other, ... Part of exercising the right to vote is exercising the right to choose. We always hope for a good turnout at the elections, and we expect to see a large number of women participate this year.

In Cairo this requirement fortunately does not apply, but it is perplexing and penalizes candidates from small parties.

Nan Aron

In most cases, a candidate enjoys a honeymoon period after the nomination.

In late 1993, (Wilson) was at 31 percent, which is even lower than the governor's numbers today, ... He went on to win by 10 points in 1994. There was a lot of grumbling about Pete Wilson, but he was able to distinguish himself from (Democratic candidate) Kathleen Brown, latched onto illegal immigration as an issue and it propelled him to victory. The quality of the campaign, the way candidates raise the salience of issues - all those things matter.

I know when we started soliciting candidates to challenge incumbents that people had this fear that we would end up with a group of people right out of the Cantina from Star Wars.

I knew there were two guys interested. Two guys that I thought would be possible candidates to interview. After four weeks we were told that we shouldn't interview them. That was my list. My list had two guys.

Harry Carson

I'm happy more candidates are being interviewed. But there are a number of very capable candidates who are out there, but aren't getting opportunities.

Stephen Harper

I like the position we're in. I think we're ready for an election. I think we've got the members, the money and candidates and the support we need to have an election at any time.

I like the idea of changing it so that everybody runs at large - because I think you get better candidates to run.

I'm certain we'll have candidates step forward, but I couldn't speculate on who they may be at this time, because I don't know. It will be interesting to see who runs.

If Utah goes on February 5th, all these candidates have to come to Utah early in the schedule.

If you had a one person, one vote situation and if a Metro candidate was to win, there's a real risk that people from other parts of the province would look at it and say that wasn't fair, we were not fairly represented,

Mike Wallace

If you feel that strongly that we can get better candidates from California, let's get our next mayor or our next commissioner from there.

If you expect to win, you need a candidate with clear command of the issues.

Jack Kemp

If you're here legally, if you're here lawfully, you ought to be able to contribute to the candidate of your choice.

Paul Stamets

If you look on the fungal genome as being soldier candidates protecting the U.S. as our host defense, not only for the ecosystem but for our population... we should be saving our old-growth forests as a matter of national defense.

George McGovern

I hope Howard Dean is like George McGovern. I thought I was a pretty good candidate in 1972. It's true that I lost to Richard Nixon in the general election by a big margin. But that wasn't my mistake. That was the mistake of the voters