James Lankford Quotes

People tell me, 'You better lose weight if you want to run for mayor.' I said, 'I got the Chris Christie look.'

You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses.

No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.

There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.

I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that.

If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.

I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President.

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction.

Nixon had this remarkably effective, deeply intense will to power. Reagan and I have a will to ideas.

I think people really liked Bill Clinton. They'd like to see him get elected, but Hillary's just a different animal.

Stevenson had noble ideas--as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to present himself as a thoughtful idealist and wait for the world to flock to him. He considered it below him, or wrong, to scramble out among the people and ask them what they wanted. Roosevelt grappled voters to him. Stevenson shied off from them. Some thought him too pure to desire power, though he showed ambition when it mattered.

I've grown fonder for Hillary Clinton since she ran for the presidency. I think that it's emblematic of the Rolling Stones song, you can't always get what you want, i.e., the grail. Sometimes you get what you need. And whatever she's gotten over the last couple of years, being humbled or be it being humbled and see the proletariat come to bat for her, getting outside of the bubble, getting out of this man's shadow, not quite getting the job she wants but a great wonk job.

You see Bill Clinton, and you say: Oh, this guy cares about me. Hillary Clinton isn't the same way. You see her, and you don't necessarily have that view. She's trying to achieve the same thing without the voice and the body language, and she's having a harder time doing it. But when she's effective, that's what she's effective at.

I don't run against Hillary Clinton. I run on the most important issues facing America.

Is there anybody out there that will point to Hillary Clinton and say, "Gosh, my life is so much better because of her"? Why aren't they on stage?

Hillary Clinton has done amazing things and she's not done yet.

Sometimes Hillary Clinton doesn't get the credit she deserves. But the fact is, Hillary is steady, and Hillary is true.

"Vote for one; get both of us." Campaign slogan. She [Hillary Clinton] was constantly portrayed as a co-president even during the campaign. The Smartest Woman in the World. That's how they portrayed her to us.

People are afraid, very much afraid of those who know themselves. They have a certain power, a certain aura and a certain magnetism.

The far Right now finding a new way to attack Hillary Clinton. Questioning whether she's too old to get elected.Rush Limbaugh goes after Hillary Clinton asking if this country will 'actually want to watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis.'

Donald Trump's not a polished politician like Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton is a very dishonest person, probably the most dishonest person ever to run for the office of president.

Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating; he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement; he is a ranter.

Hillary Clinton has this problem. The more she's seen, the more she's heard, the worse she does. This is not arguable.