Campaigns Quotes - Page 3

• Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

  Mark Shields

  Character, Destiny, Important

  "Shields and Kristol Discuss Kerry’s War Record". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. August 20, 2004.

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• The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.

  Robert Teeter

  Country, President, Needs

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• What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

  Dick Gephardt

  Important Values, Two, Healthy

  FaceBook post by Dick Gephardt from Oct 12, 2016

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• Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

  John Doolittle

  Democracy, Stronger, Terrorism

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• The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

  Mark Shields

  Smear Campaigns, Problem

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• So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.

  Walter Bagehot

  Business, War, Tyrants

  Walter Bagehot (1873). “Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "natural Selection" and "inheritance" to Political Society”, p.65

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• I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious.

  Charlie Crist

  Running, Government, Want

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• John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.

  Mark Shields

  Biographies, John Kerry

  "Shields and Kristol Discuss Kerry’s War Record". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. August 20, 2004.

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• As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering.

  Patrick Stewart

  Horse, Character, Romance

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• The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

  George McGovern

  Identity, Cases, Tragic

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.

  Bill Murray

  Awards, Acting, Disdain

  "Murray Upset at Oscar Result". www.sfgate.com. March 2, 2004.

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• Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Political, Politics, Firsts

  Woodrow Wilson (1966). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.

  Brent Scowcroft

  War, Iraq, Risk

  Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft (2009). “America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy”, p.38, Basic Books

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• I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf.

  Julie Walters

  Thinking, Doing Me, Film

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• Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

  Paul Cellucci

  Perseverance, Struggle, Sacrifice

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• The tours are campaigns.

  Zakk Wylde

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• Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Running, Dirty, Naughty

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion.

  Stephen Harper

  Party, Believe, Should Have

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• When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.

  Al Franken

  President, Comedy, Realizing

  "If Clark is Schwarzenegger, who is Huffington?" by John Mercurio, www.cnn.com. September 25, 2003.

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• There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.

  Jim Hightower

  Effort, Levels, Election

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• 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.

  Fred Thompson

  Presidential, Chinese, Campaign Finance

  "The 'Inside Politics' Interview: Sen. Fred Thompson". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.cnn.com. May 19, 1998.

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• I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Lonely, Issues, Political

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• The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.

  Angela Davis

  Powerful, Numbers, People

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• The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since 1960. One of them will be successful.

  Hillary Clinton

  Successful, Public Service, Accomplished

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• The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.

  Richard Roeper

  Spring, Doe, Culture

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