Campaigns Quotes - Page 25

• Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.

  Carl Bernstein

  Believe, Presidential, Way

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• I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.

  Ed Rollins

  Summer, Running, California

  "Commentary: Stop throwing dirt on GOP 'grave'" by Ed Rollins, www.cnn.com. May 14, 2009.

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• I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.

  Jack Kemp

  Running, Government

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• People who supported Obama felt like they formed a relationship, that they were being spoken to. The way that campaign worked and the way he's worked during his first term is to make people feel like he's grasping their hand, whether it's by tweeting or email, moments after an event, sometimes during an event. It makes people relate to him.

  James Spader

  Hands, People, Way

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• My view on candidates on money is unless it's proven that the donor stole the money, the campaign keeps the money.

  David Frum

  Views, Donors, Candidates

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• I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity.

  Alastair Campbell

  Country, Book, Writing

  "How I got happy and stayed grumpy" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2012.

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• Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins.

  Joe Klein

  Inspirational, Winning, Unusual

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• I meet the designers very often, we discuss the products, they show me their ideas, we discuss the ad campaigns and every new invention that we can find for the future.

  Bernard Arnault

  Ideas, New Inventions, Designer

  "Chairman of LVMH, Bernard Arnault". "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2005.

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• You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning.

  Evan Bayh

  Running, Home, Years

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• As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building.

  Jane Byrne

  Mistake, Thinking, Problem

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• I think I know a lot about campaigns.

  Jenna Bush

  Thinking, Knows

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• If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon.

  Paul Begala

  Political, Likes, Allies

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• When you have to do all the more crappy jobs before, you appreciate all the good work that comes out of that. There are many girls who immediately have a top model career, and there are lots of models who are doing things that aren't as exciting as doing big campaigns and beautiful magazines.

  Saskia de Brauw

  Beautiful, Girl, Jobs

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• How one stands up to any sort of allegation in the heat of political battle reveals the strength and nature of your character. It's one of the reasons we have campaigns.

  Tammy Bruce

  Character, Political, Battle

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• I'm going to get a pair of wire-snips, and I've also started a new campaign to have blank CDs on jukeboxes so you can play the silence.

  Billy Childish

  Cds, Play, Silence

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• Historically, Labour has used technology as a form of control. We would use pagers and faxes to send out messages telling people what line to take. The key learning from the Obama campaign is to use technology to empower your supporters.

  Douglas Alexander

  Technology, Keys, People

  "Yes we can: Labour election campaign to adapt Barack Obama's blueprint" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

  Jack Abramoff

  Presidential, Trying, Candidates

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• Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents, who he was crushing at the time, stop whining. And I think that's a good message for the Romney campaign. Instead of whining about what the Obama campaign is saying, why don't you just put the facts out there and let people decide rather than trying to hide them.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Crush, Thinking, People

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.theshowbuzz.com. July 15, 2012.

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• I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.

  Ed Case

  Country, Hawaii, Chance

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• The Patriotic Millionaires campaign, pulled together quickly by the Agenda Project in New York City, just happens to appear on the same day as a new study from the Center for Responsive Politics revealing that half of the members of the House and the Senate are millionaires.

  Joe Conason

  New York, Patriotic, Cities

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• I'm a comedian at the beginning and the end of the day. I'm not affiliated with any campaign, nor do I generally find politics interesting enough to plan to be involved.

  Rob Delaney

  Interesting, Comedian, The End Of The Day

  "Rob Delaney Talks New Online Special, Clint Eastwood’s RNC Speech & Being Mitt Romney’s Nemesis". Interview with Katla McGlynn, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 09, 2012.

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• Under normal circumstances, if the centerpiece of a president's campaign is helping the disadvantaged and we are our brother's keeper, the idea that this same guy has an actual brother living in third-world poverty without any help from Obama, this would have been on the cover of 'The New York Times.' But none of them are touching it.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Brother, New York, Ideas

  "Filmgoers flock to anti-Obama doc" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. August 24, 2012.

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• I feel like I am campaigning door to door. You just can't step out of a band like Brooks & Dunn and assume that it is just going to be business as usual. You have to work it. It does feel like a campaign where you would have Obama, Romney, or Newt beating the bushes right now. That's what I'm having to do.

  Ronnie Dunn

  Doors, Usual, Doe

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• It wouldn't do me much good to back somebody that won in Iowa if they can't carry on the campaign elsewhere.

  Chuck Grassley

  Iowa, Elsewhere, Ifs

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• Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

  Jeff Goodell

  Presidential, Political, Coal

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