John Nance Garner Quotes

Mo [Congressman Morris K. Udall] is too funny to be President.

You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.

I really want to be governor when I have a partner in the White House.

You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.

I'm not running for president.

Smilin' for the Presidency

I don't think that winning the presidency of the United States is a matter of a single issue.

[Campaign] Promises forecast governance.

I believe that the role of president of the United States is vastly different from the role of candidate and that the Donald Trump of the campaign will not succeed as president.

I don't think I would run for president.

I think that if the Democratic Party focuses on nominating who will make the best president, that's going to be a critical mistake. There's only one question at the end of the day, and that question is, Can the potential nominee beat Donald Trump?

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

Voters don't have to love him, Romney advisers say, but they will respect him.

I want to win and I want to be in office.

George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

I'm up for re-election in 2014, and yes I do plan to run for re-election.

I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.

I don't even want to be president!

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.

Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder.

There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton.