Candidate Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.