Campaigns Quotes

My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.

It was clear to me that if we allowed the Freedom Ride to stop at that point, just after so much violence had been inflicted, the message would have been sent that all you have to do to stop a nonviolent campaign is inflict massive violence.

Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.

The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be charged with sabotaging the electoral process.

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

Do you think I ran a campaign where white supremacists had a platform? Are you gonna look me in the face and tell me that?

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.

You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.

During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

You can't smear acrylics, you know, it dries too fast.

Don't fight the problem, decide it.

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Nobody wants campaign finance reform more than me. It would save me a fortune.

After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to deregulate Wall Street.

I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee.

What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

The war on privilege will never end. Its next grat campaign will be against the special privileges of the underprivileged.

Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

We will continue to go out onto the streets and to protest, and actively encourage the public to support us in our campaign for free education.

I want to do other things like more fashion campaigns.

Now, Mr. President, we don't intend to trouble you during the campaign but after you are elected, then look out for us!