William B. Richardson Quotes

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

I am a full-time political worker.

You don't win elections on Election Day. You win them by what you do all year round, by the day-to-day good will you generate in each precinct.

A man’s got to walk if he is going to be in politics.

The last thing I expected in the world was to end up being involved in a presidential campaign.

I spent some time in Vegas when I was doing some canvassing for Obama back in 2008.

I have chosen to seek election to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and not reelection to Congress.

I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.

If you can't be a populist in Arkansas, you ain't going to be a populist in Washington.

Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union.

I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.

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

My style is a little bit different than most conventional Republican Party chairmen. My style is more grass roots-oriented. I'm much more of a street guy. I love hanging out in boardrooms, but I prefer to be in neighborhoods and communities.

I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.

I went on the road with Hillary Rodham Clinton when she was out campaigning.

[On political campaigns:] Get an elbow, give an elbow.

If you're going to get into the political business, you've got to be intensively competitive.

A political campaign is a movement. It's built around a single candidate. It will evaporate when he or she gets elected.

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.

It will help your campaign tremendously to have the energy of young people on your side to canvas voters, gain supporters, spread news, and make you look good.

I love covering politics at that early stage where you can walk up to Mike Huckabee, who gets out of his car by himself. A car that he drove, who just walks up and talks to you because that's the only way he can get his message out.

You can't assume anything in politics. That's why every Saturday I walk around my district. I talk to the longshoremen in Charlestown. I listen to the people in East Boston and their concern on the airport noise. I walk down to the Star Market in Porter Square, and people tell me about meat prices.