Campaign Quotes - page 4

You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign. (Donna Shalala)
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. View quote
Douglas Alexander
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. View quote
Ed Case
When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in. View quote
Ed Gillespie
I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax. View quote
Ed Rendell
Since 1996, the Feminist Majority Foundation has been immersed in a campaign to support Afghan women and girls in their fight against the brutal oppression of the Taliban. View quote
Eleanor Smeal
I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care debate. I admire the way Barack Obama has raised a dog in the White House without ever putting it on the roof of the car for a vacation drive. View quote
Gail Collins
The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign. View quote
Hugh Sidey
The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange for campaign contributions. View quote
James L. Buckley
A number of us had conversations with the Kerry campaign about what he was going to say about CAFE. What he told us was that he did not want to sacrifice jobs and that he wanted to work with the auto industry to achieve that goal. View quote
Jennifer Granholm
Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes. (John Podhoretz)
It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed. View quote
Kendrick Meek
What made me decide to run was the dire state of the economy and the non-leadership of President Obama. At that point in time, my campaign put a mustache on Obama as part of the national campaign drive. View quote
Kesha Rogers
Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong. View quote
Katherine Jenkins
John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign. View quote
Mark Shields
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year. View quote
Mara Liasson
Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that. View quote
Mara Liasson
Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World. View quote
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything. View quote
Mary Cheney
Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think cant be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege. View quote
Michael Baumgartner
Despite the administration's long public information campaign, for many months polls have consistently indicated only 37 percent of those eligible for Medicare say they only partially understand the program. (Mike Fitzpatrick)
Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms. View quote
Mike Jackson
There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity. View quote
Mike McCurry
In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal. View quote
Patricia Ireland
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. View quote
Patrick Stewart