Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marianne Williamson

In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence.

We called some candidates to relocate signs last week and when they were not moved this past weekend, we removed them. We collected 63 signs from six different candidates. We are not picking on anyone.

Sheldon Whitehouse

When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One of the restraints on the vitriol and the filth that so often is part of the American political debate is that candidates have to stand by their ads.

Filing fees have also been lowered for HUSA and Trustee candidates to encourage more people to run.

facilitated corruption by laying down and not putting up candidates who could win.

The governor wasn't there to endorse any candidate. He was simply there to create a format where Wisconsin residents could see and hear their candidates directly instead of through endless 30-second commercials.

Rebecca Jones

We were having difficulty recruiting qualified police officers, and we felt this policy may have prevented some good candidates from applying.

Mohammed Dahlan

Thousands of names of voters and many of the names of candidates were dropped off (registration) lists.

While the ACLU understands that candidates will have a more difficult time reaching dislocated voters, the privacy rights of those individuals far outweigh the narrower interests of office seekers.

Jeff Cohen

We never had a conversation about which candidate Rick Greenspan liked. I gave him my opinion. I said, 'Steve Alford would be a great candidate.' I gave him my opinions. But it wasn't until recently that we had conversations about who was out there, who was available, who was interested, what our options were, that sort of thing. It hasn't been a very long time.

Judd Gregg

Unless you've got a national organization and a capability to run nationally, you aren't going to be a viable candidate of our party.

We have one county with 20 percent of the (district's) population and that's Rock Island County. We have to field a candidate that can carry Rock Island County.

We invite all the candidates to come and share their concerns and views. In the past some have not shown up but they are given the opportunity to come.

You are going to have candidates going into their hotel suites to watch the returns, knowing that anything could happen.

We've had concerns about the recent election where over 1,000 candidates were disqualified from running and there were many allegations of election fraud and interference,

We have communicated to the music-director candidates the current situation. It's our intention, as long as we are able to operate the season, to have those candidates come in.

We have candidates for seven of the nine races. None of these candidates are sacrificial lambs. They can all win.

Voters in the West are a neglected constituency. Presidential candidates have a responsibility to know the entire American family.

Voters elect candidates because they understand the issues rather than engage in leftwing fantasies.

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.

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

Karen Hughes

We are now in uncharted waters. We're in an unprecedented period where a presidential candidate is going to court essentially to try to contest and overturn the results of an election that has now been certified.

We are well prepared. We even proposed a postponement before the candidate registration period closed.

We haven't had any sort of formal proposal but are concerned that we may lose good candidates to higher paying jobs.

The president has reviewed the candidates and we're planning to post them on Monday. The process is on schedule.

The problem, I think, for all these guys is, if they kid themselves and think the money isn't going to be the first primary, they are crazy. And I don't care how good they are, you don't get checks because they've got good staff. The candidate has to close the deal.

People want to feel good about the person they vote for. Candidates use values to evoke a positive impression.

Charles Schumer

New York has been the springboard from which the last two successful Democratic candidates for president won the White House, ... There is no doubt in my mind that New York's good fortune can launch a Democrat into the White House for the third time in 30 years.

Mark McKinnon

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and candidates over everything, including the number, the format, the qualifications, and the moderators. And they've become a circus.

Mark McKinnon

Donors, like voters, increasingly expect candidates to exercise fiscal discipline.

Mark McKinnon

Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.

We have a model that's very acquisitive and we are looking at a number of acquisition candidates and we will continue,