Mitt Romney Quotes

I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election.

We have got to defeat Donald Trump, and we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.

Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.

When you want to fix the country, you want someone who can beat Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump has not yet earned my vote. And I'm not simply going to say 'never,' because I do not want to empower Hillary Clinton.

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

I think what we can do is make sure as conservatives that we elect good people to both the House, the Senate, and make sure that President Trump gets re-elected.

To defeat Donald Trump, the Democrats must run a stellar cast of all-stars in their primary.

If Donald Trump is the candidate against Hillary Clinton, then I will be supporting Donald Trump.

If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election.

President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed.

My hope is that that person will come forward that can win the presidency that we can all get behind.

Originally, the main purpose of the convention was to determine who the party would have as the presidential nominee and the vice-presidential nominee.

Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, if your standard-bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it's gonna reflect on the down-ballot.

In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, was so much more important that I put it in just that context.

Why couldn't Obama have picked somebody respectable as his running mate, you know, like John Kerry did?

Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris.

If I can get on the presidential ballot in all 50 states and be allowed into the debates, I'd not only run, I'd win.

I think an Edwards-Kerry ticket would be powerful.

Well, let me just say - I mean, I'm not a person who's going to vote for any of the potential Republican nominees for the presidency of the United States.

Obviously I'm young and I'm also Hispanic, two important groups in this election. And I'm confident that I can do a good job in articulating why President Obama ought to be the candidate that Americans select for the next four years.

If you are running for the presidency of the United States, you better have a strong opinion.