Presidential Candidate Quotes

• No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.

  Ralph Nader

  Vegas, Gambling, Presidential

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• No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise.

  Christine Pelosi

  Philosophy, Choices, Presidential

  "Women’s Rights at Stake: Why Iowa Feminists Should Caucus for President Obama" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 31, 2011.

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• Obama a ‘light-skinned’ African-American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

  Harry Reid

  Country, Light, Racism

  "Harry Reid’s Non-Gaffe" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. January 10, 2010.

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• Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep

  Benito Mussolini

  Inspirational, Funny, Sheep

  "ITALY: Duce (1922-43)". content.time.com. August 2, 1943.

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• It's better to live one day as a lion than a dozen years as a sheep.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Funny, Sheep, Years

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• The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little more off you, until there was nothing left. At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole goddamned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves.

  Charles Bukowski

  Baby, People, Evil

  "Ham On Rye". Book by Charles Bukowski, 1982.

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• Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment.

  Ron Fournier

  Presidential, Honest, Surprise

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• I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps: ... At the end of the war in the Persian Gulf, press for a comprehensive Middle East settlement and for a 'new world order' based not on Pax Americana but on peace through law with a stronger U.N. and World Court.

  George McGovern

  War, Order, Law

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• Libertarian presidential candidate André Marrou's idea is that "government power is opposed to individual liberty." Must we still debate such sophomoric notions?... Besides, liberty, although very important, is not the only value.

  George Will

  Government, Ideas, Presidential

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• A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft.

  L. Neil Smith

  Jobs, Winning, Presidential

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• I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community.

  Ken Mehlman

  Issues, Community, Presidential

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• You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

  Michael Beschloss

  Hard Times, Years, Presidential

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• Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview of the Gore-Lieberman fight-back, comeback strategy. Their message: They represent the future, not the past, and they are the ticket of high moral standards most in tune with real mainstream America.

  Dan Rather

  Running, Real, Fighting

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• Today, possible presidential candidate Donald Trump released his birth certificate. It lists his eyes as blue and his hair as ridiculous.

  Conan O'Brien

  Eye, Hair, Blue

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• I don't know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House.

  Bob Hope

  Running, Animal, White

  Bob Hope (2004). “Bob Hope”, Hyperion

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• The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in the year 2000 - to everyone who believes that wealth should be redistributed. And that message is clear and concise: Go to Hell.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Believe, Years, America

  P. J. O'Rourke (2011). “Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics”, p.160, Pan Macmillan

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• Most of the presidential candidates' economic packages involve 'tax breaks,' which is when the government, amid great fanfare, generously decides not to take quite so much of your income. In other words, these candidates are trying to buy your votes with your own money.

  Dave Barry

  Government, Presidential, Trying

  "The Bucks Drop Here". Washington Post Magazine, February 9, 1992.

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• Northwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me!

  Stephen Colbert

  Presidential, Lists, Winner

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• I heard one presidential candidate say that what this country needed was a president for the nineties. I was set to run again. I thought he said a president IN his nineties.

  Ronald Reagan

  Running, Country, Presidential

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.421, Simon and Schuster

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• It was a very interesting experience. You know, I don't think words could do it justice. Roseanne [Barr] is a comedian, a laugh a minute at every turn, and this time around she was actually going to be the vice presidential candidate of another Green Party candidate. So I guess she's still in the mix in some ways,sort of learning her politics as she goes, like a lot of us Americans who are getting thrown under the bus and for whom it is not a laughing matter. We are going to stand up and take this seriously and refuse to be intimidated out of the future that we deserve.

  Jill Stein

  Party, Thinking, Justice

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.

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• Seventy-five percent of voters now [in September 2016], according to the latest poll, want third-party candidates included in the debate. We have the highest disapproval and distrust rates ever in our history for these two presidential candidates, which the system is doing everything it can to force down our throats.

  Jill Stein

  Party, Two, Presidential

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Richard Nixon was a Republican presidential candidate who encouraged crooks to commit espionage against the Democratic National Committee in order to gain an edge in a presidential election.

  Tim Kaine

  Order, Presidential, Crooks

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There is a great deal of strength in Garfield's life and struggles as a self-made man.... From poverty and obscurity, by labor at all avocations, he became a great scholar, a statesman, a major general, a Senator, a Presidential candidate.... The truth is, no man ever started so low that accomplished so much in all our history. Not Franklin or Lincoln even.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Struggle, Men, Self

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• Donald Trump didn't know the [Democratic] vice presidential candidate he was running against: Tim Kaine [Senator] of Virginia, Donald! Not Thomas Kean, Republican [former Governor] of New Jersey, you moron! And his answer to absolutely every question is so simplistic and grand: "Oh, I'll fix it. Trust me. I'm the best fixer. I love to fix!!! Look at everything I've fixed before!!!!".

  Chrissy Teigen

  Running, Virginia, Presidential

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• We should note it is not illegal for the campaign to pay [Doanld] Trump owned businesses as long as they`re charging fair market rates. And while the optics are pretty stunning, we shouldn`t be surprised. Afterall, this is the guy that told Fortune magazine in 2000 it`s very possible I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.

  Chris Hayes

  Running, Long, Guy

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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