Donald Trump Quotes

Ronald Reagan's advisors know that if he goes to sleep for even five minutes during the second debate, he'll be in trouble.

When you look at that debate stage, Mitt Romney could have dominated it maybe.

Did you see Bush on TV, trying to debate? Jesus, he talked like a donkey with no brains at all...It was pitiful...I almost felt sorry for him, until I heard someone call him 'Mr. President,' and then I felt ashamed.

If Hillary Clinton had to face me on a debate stage, at the very least, she would have a hitch in her swing.

I think if Donald Trump skipped out on a debate, for whatever reason he gave, I don't think it would help him at all.

I mean,[Marco] Rubio, he's having fun. I've got to say I've never seen him enjoy himself out there so much. He's found way to get under his skin. So, he's found way to look like he's somebody that is a force, which has hasn't so far.

For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the [Ben] Sanders- [Hillary] Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to that debate.

Any time you get into a presidential campaign and the stakes are so high, all candidates - they want to be in complete control whenever they can. And you can't blame them for that.

Well, politics is much more severe than entertainment. You have to hit those points, in politics, word for word. You have to remember the date. You have to remember the website. You have to rehearse stories that might be asked, have anecdotes ready for questions that might come up.

I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

Newt Gingrich would cream Barack Obama in a debate.

Al Gore adopted three utterly different personas in three national presidential debates.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

Politics are not an exact science.

Each of the participants [in a Presidential Debate] has a major objective and a minor one, in addition, of course, to appearing presidential. The major one is to get his messages across even if the questions don’t ask for them. The minor one is to avoid seeming unresponsive. That is why you will see the debaters answer some of the questions quickly, leaving time for what the candidate wants to talk about.

Politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far as blather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material.

The way candidates react, immediately and usually involuntarily, while caught by the camera dominates impressions of who has “won” or “list” an encounter [political debate].

He [Donald Trump] loves it. He thrives in it, and he is learning it every day.

As Mike Tyson says, everybody has a plan until they get hit in the mouth. The one thing we know about American presidential politics is you're going to get hit in the mouth.

In politics, your opponent can be far more important than your vision.

There's a line of thinking about Ted Cruz.

In light of Jeb Bush's recent fumbles on Iraq , maybe the Clinton campaign is making the smart move here by not saying.

I spent four and a half hours debating Donald Trump in three debates, which I think should put to rest any questions about my stamina.

During the debate, Bush was asked by a lady to name three mistakes he's made. And Bush responded, this debate, the last debate and the next debate.