John Boehner Quotes

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

It is increasingly difficult to run a campaign of substance in an atmosphere which increasingly focuses on personality.

I spent almost two years trying to get my father elected president.

I work really long hours and work a lot and have done press tours and junkets, but there is nothing like a presidential campaign that I have experienced before... I think at one point we visited three different cities in one state in 12 hours. It's exhausting.

We should remember the campaign advertising will be only a smaller portion of the President's total exposure.

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

I think Romney's talking himself out of the election, to be honest. I was wondering what was gonna happen when the Republican power structure turned the money on, and then they turned on the money and nothing happened.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

When you're putting together a campaign for president, like I've been, that entails a lot of time. It's not like I've been at the beach sipping a pina colada.

It wouldn't do me much good to back somebody that won in Iowa if they can't carry on the campaign elsewhere.

It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.

The hardest thing about a presidential election is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Smilin' for the Presidency

Political campaigns are only a slightly more polite form of ground battle.

I will do anything to get re-elected.

If you can’t run against a political candidate, run against his campaign manager.

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

I could not lose [his gubernatorial race] unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.

You can't win an election with money alone.

In a national campaign you are driven to negativism.

It's a great experience. If you get a chance to run for president, do it.

There's a lot of work to be done if you're going to run for president or if you're going to run for re-election in a state as big as Florida.

I traveled the country for a year and a half helping Hillary Clinton to try to become president.