Cindy McCain Quotes

Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.

I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.

Today being President is really no different than running for President. It’s about approval ratings and photo ops and damage control and deniability.

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

In politics you learn to always smile.

Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.

I would make a horrible politician, because I wouldn't enjoy my work.

It's tough campaigning, kissing hands and shaking babies.

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

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.

I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.

It was Roosevelt's genius to treat kings like commoners and commoners like kings. And both loved him for it.

Running a country is much more difficult than running a campaign.

Being in politics is like coaching football. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.

Sometimes heads of state have to make statements for [local] public consumption.

Choose the politics of principle over the politics of personality.

We've learned how to use the alternative media-political direct mail and talk radio and cable TV-to build our movement and convert more and more Americans to our cause. "Liberal" is now such an unpopular label with the American people that every liberal I know has run for cover and calls himself a "progressive.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close

One of the advantages of no longer running for public office is that I don’t have to pretend to be nice to people I dislike.

You should not make specific pledges either to the Senate or to the People. Stick to vague generalities.

It’s the [political] consultants’ job to take who the person is—their fixed characteristics—and leverage it.

Politics is a messy business, but campaigning prepares you for governing. It prepares you to get hit, stand strong, and, if necessary, hit back.

When you're actually president, the spin matters a lot less.