Bill Ayers Quotes

If a politician, during a campaign, finds it necessary to resort to flattery, he should spread it on, not in thin layers, but with a trowel, or better yet, a shovel.

I've heard one of the candidates' wives says she loves every minute of the race, and all I can say is, either she's lying or she's wacko.

I ring 8,000 to 10,000 doorbells every time I run.

I'm not going to be one of those guys who changes, and all of a sudden I'm shaking hands and kissing babies.

Newt Gingrich gave voice to something that was said throughout this campaign from Democrats and Republicans.

We know what we need to do. Let's re-elect President Obama!

President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you're a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn't work too badly, I'll grant, as an electoral strategy in the 2012 election.

I'm not going to run for political office.

I want to do my part in fighting for America's future. That's why I have decided to run for the United States Senate.

Americans tend to go for it all. In international politics you can’t have it all. You have to compromise.

The right must ... yield to the expedient.

Smilin' for the Presidency

There are voices in the Republican Party today who preach pragmatism, who champion conciliation, who counsel compromise. I stand here today to reject those deceptions.

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable, the art of the next best.

As important as issues are, as important as money is ..., you've got to have good candidates.

I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.

To be a politician must not be a pleasure always.

If you feel so strongly about it, why don't you make it an issue and run against me.

I campaign all the time.

Every candidate has to say ‘change’. That’s what the people expect.

If you can’t learn to compromise an issue without compromising yourself then you better not be a legislator and you better not marry.

[Ideological] Purity is fine but it doesn’t win elections and is not a governing strategy. Compromise is required.

The difference between a horse race and a political race is that in a horse race the whole horse runs.

One of Mitt Romney’s spokespeople said, “we will not be dictated to by the fact checkers”. What that really means is “we will not be dictated to by the facts.” But the changing demographics is a fact. The Republicans may not compromise with the Democrats, but they are going to have to compromise with reality.

I don’t care for the Presidency if it has to come by compromise with Senator Foraker. I would never strike a bargain to endorse a man who has consistently opposed the policies and programs of the Roosevelt Administration.