Quintus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with public officials.

The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since 1960. One of them will be successful.

I never had asked, and never should ask, the vote of any person for any office.

As important as issues are, as important as money is ..., you've got to have good candidates.

There’s nothing more humbling than losing a few elections.

Trace out also individuals in every region, inform yourself about them, seek them out, secure that in their own districts they shall canvas for you, and be, as it were, candidates in your interest.

You should be strenuous in seeing as many people as possible every day of every possible class and order, for from the mere numbers of these you can make a guess of the amount of support you will get on the balloting

You don't have to be a career politician to serve in public office. You don't have to be well-connected. You don't even have to be a Democrat or a Republican. You can stand on your own two feet and speak your mind, because if people like where you're coming from, they will vote you in. The will of the people is still the most powerful force in our government.

You damned fools. You can either vote for me for mayor or you can go to hell

I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.

Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

We need to support Mary Burke for Governor!

I would like to express my deep gratitude to the people of Bijepur Assembly constituency for having showered their blessings on the BJD.

My father was against nepotism.

Nobody has a cakewalk to become governor.

Lots of stand-up showcases on TV are made by production companies that also represent acts as clients, so there tends to be a demonstrable bias towards a certain group of people.

Brian Stann is a great guy. I voted him in for the President of the United States in 2008, and I will write him in again in 2012.

People will vote for me in Mathura because Modiji is our leader.

Voting for a politician is very different then saying you like somebody or don't like somebody.

I always put people with my kind of background first.

I really enjoy politics.

Nepotism is a natural thing that happens in every field.

I learned more in 11 months in running for president than I did in 12 years of school.

Anybody who says that favoritism doesn't exist in Bollywood would be lying.

Some people think elections are a game: who's up or who's down. It's about our country. It's about our kids' future. It's about all of us together. Some of us put ourselves out there and do this against some difficult odds. We do it, each one of us, against difficult odds. We do it because we care about our country. Some of us are right, and some of us are not. Some of us are ready, and some of us are not. Some of us know what we will do on day one, and some of us haven't thought that through.