Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aaron Klein

When Obama was first proposed as a presidential candidate in 2007, the nation failed to have a meaningful debate concerning the serious constitutional issue of electing someone whose father was not a U.S. citizen.

We will do what we can to be helpful. We will be talking to all the various campaigns. The president wants to play a role in the final two weeks of the election -- helping Democratic candidates around the country, from the vice president to the first lady to various congressional members.

When a candidate looks at a community, they're looking to see if there's a match. Don (Yeoman) felt the challenge is the right challenge, but he had concerns about the support for education in the community.

We would have preferred a candidate who had a clear record on these issues.

This survey tells us that candidates who support pre-K have a better chance of winning at the polls.

Jacques Chirac

This summit of Nice will remain in European history as a summit that shaped the Union. It was important to keep our commitments to the candidate countries in central and eastern Europe.

There have been wealthy candidates before in California, but this is the first time we've seen wealth-on-wealth. The most obvious impact for voters is that they are going to see lots and lots of television ads.

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.

There is no question that John Faso and I have different opinions of who should be our candidate for governor this year that is clear. But at least our party is providing John an opportunity to seek the nomination.

Harry Reid

We want him to give us a candidate who is mainstream, not extreme.

most of those are on our target list of candidates that we're going to go after next fall.

The reality is candidates always do what candidates have to do. A candidate is going to go in and say, what do we need to do to win?

The reality is candidates always do what candidates have to do.

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.

I thought he was a very effective interim leader. I was disappointed that he evidently didn't consider himself to be a candidate for the permanent job. I think he stabilized the company during a disruption in the management team.

John Robertson is a strong candidate and one of the front-runners. He has a lot of the skills we are looking for. But there are a couple of dark horses on our shortlist.

Just because he is the last man standing doesn't necessarily mean he is going to be the candidate. Other candidates are going to emerge.

Donna Brazile

It is far better to have a candidate who is loose and not affiliated.

Harry Reid

It is especially important to identify a consensus candidate to succeed Justice O'Connor, who has been a voice of reason and moderation.

Making those under investigation candidates could send a message that the mafia appreciates, a message of impunity, a challenge to the justice system.

Stephen Baldwin

I'm here as a result of my faith. I'm here to promote and support the candidate that I think has the most faith.

Jesse Jackson

most qualified and experienced candidate in a generation.

W. S. Gilbert

We need a new location to house these people who are going to be involved in the new nuclear plant market. Western Pennsylvania is the prime candidate and will remain the headquarters for our entire Westinghouse business.

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.

John Dryden

While yet a young probationer, / And candidate of heaven.

David Roth

We were very fortunate that the candidate we did get was a good match. We could have been struggling for a number of years to get a candidate for this position.