Candidate Quotes

Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate.

I'm not sure a candidate ever feels his message is getting out.

Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that.

A Green Party candidate would be very different from a Democrat or Republican and should be heard.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman.

I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn't return. I've shared the pain of families who've lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who've lost their jobs.

Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.

You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track.

Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.

No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq.

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.

I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming qualifications.

I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.

The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.

There is one candidate in this election who will protect that dream. One leader who will fight hard to keep the promise of America for the next generation. And that's why we must stand up and make Mitt Romney the next president of the United States.

Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections.

At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.

Obviously a candidate has to be held responsible for the words that come out of his mouth, regardless of where they came from.

Throughout this primary process the voters have vetted each candidate and after a spirited contest they have made clear who they believe is right person to lead our ticket and that is Governor Mitt Romney. I believe they have come to this conclusion because they know that Governor Romney will begin working on day one to turn around our economy.

No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.

There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?

I want to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, a party that will promote true conservative values and principles. I can tell you right now, I am not the merger candidate. I am not interested in institutional marriages with other parties.

After the Republican Party did everything that Colin Powell says it needs to do to grow, and nominated the very kind of candidate he wanted in 2008, what did Powell do? He endorsed Obama! So according to the Drive-Bys and David Gergen, Republicans should let somebody who campaigned and voted for Obama, tell us how to build our party.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called The Search for the Manchurian Candidate.

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.