Quotes About Elections

Millions of refugees from East and West Pakistan had to be found homes and gainful employment. An undeclared war was taking place in Kashmir. A new constitution had to be decided upon. Elections had to be scheduled, economic policies framed and executed.

We'll elect any bumbling fool, any champion of mediocrity to the highest office in the land as long as they have God as their running mate.

Yelling "God is on our side" is "very effective at rallying the masses. And at winning elections....

They elected a con man instead, an ignorant crook who craved adoration and did and said whatever it took to win. That tore them apart even more.

If the campaign is about issues, we will win.

People spend money on negative campaigning because it works.

I have had 20 months of campaigning.

I think I know a lot about campaigns.

Well, I mean, I think all campaigns run negative and positive ads.

People do not like negative campaigns.

All elections are about choices, and good campaigns will make those choices clear.

The Liberal Party of Canada has demonstrated that it is hell bent on winning their majority at almost any cost.

I don't want to be Wall Street's candidate. I want to be Argentines' candidate.

The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.

I don't have to agree with everything a candidate does to support him.

There is no perfect candidate.

I've found that Californians care less about the 'R' or 'D,' by a candidate's name, and more about whether you can get the job done.

I think the American people aren't looking for loyalty amongst candidates to other candidates. What the American people are looking for is loyalty to the American people.

It's important for us all to elect people not just on blind party loyalty. We've got to really examine what candidates say and do.

I will do my best and our candidates will do their best to earn one vote at a time.

Only in Chicago do they care more about who the mayor is than who's president.

The reason why the Liberals and the NDP don't want parents to know about the universal child care benefit is because those parties would take that benefit away.

I like Chris Christie. I like Jeb Bush. I like those guys.

People tell me, 'You better lose weight if you want to run for mayor.' I said, 'I got the Chris Christie look.'