Paul Begala Quotes

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

Voters will not give you a chance to solve their problems if they think you don’t understand them.

Politics should be done by earning love and affection and by winning the hearts.

Jennifer [Palmieri], could it possibly be that Hillary Clinton just doesn't connect with people, that she just doesn't relate to people, that Hillary Clinton doesn't have anything in common with anybody?

Hillary Clinton doesn't connect with people.

In acting class, you talked always about keeping it real and don't act... connect with the people and connect with the partner that you're acting with. The same is also true in politics.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.

When I met Paul Ryan 22 years ago, he was a student at Miami of Ohio volunteering on my campaign.

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.

We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that.

It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.

People are what this election is all about.

While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

I worked in Maynard Jackson's first campaign, and I remember the excitement we felt when he won.

Once you take care of people, people respect you.

Smilin' for the Presidency

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

A candidate has to reach people's heads and reach their hearts.

Hillary had never run for office before, but she decided to give it a try. She began her campaign the way she always does new things, by listening and and learning. And after a tough battle, New York elected her to the seat once held by another outsider, Robert Kennedy.

I'm pretty sure it was President Bill Clinton who brought me back into politics and following it.

I think that winning the White House is about more than just entertaining a large audience.