Terry McAuliffe Quotes

You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.

President Obama makes fantastic stump speeches, but putting together an actual agenda is more complicated.

You've got to be known for what you're running on, what principles.

If elected, I will win.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

A lot of people feel very good about Mitt Romney and I think he's going to do a great job.

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.

First and foremost, when I think of him - I'm prejudiced; I worked for the guy for six and a half years - when I think of him, I think of him first and foremost as an idea politician.

Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.

The first time I voted, I voted for myself.

You make a good politician, but you've got to develop a philosophy.

[Campaign] Promises forecast governance.

I’m going to take Tennessee ideas to Washington and make them work for the country.

In 1999, I established my political party.

Normally, I stay away from politics - unless I'm going to run for president.

In 1968, 'Liberty Magazine' had an article about George Wallace in which he stated he would suggest me as a possible vice-presidential candidate, along with other choices such as 'Happy' Chandler and General Curtis LeMay. However, I am not interested in any political office in the United States or anywhere, now or back in 1968.

I don't think you decree political positions.

I don't see myself as a political figure.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

Be a leader, not a follower. Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot be.

I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.

I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.

I don't have to be in politics.

Well, Bill, I don't think you're going to find many shy people that are in the political business.