Mick Foley Quotes

I recognize what [political] conventions are all about—a cross between a clambake and a pep rally.

My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters - how do we get the independent voters back?

Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.

There is constantly a war going on between the two parties for the populist vote. The populist vote is always the swing vote.

[On political campaigns:] Get an elbow, give an elbow.

The reason I lost the Governor’s race to Patterson is that I was out niggered. No one is ever going to out nigger me again.

Politics: a Trojan horse race

Democratic politics—that is modern mass politics—is a battlefield in which the most important move is that which decides what the battle is about, what the issue is.

I ran for chairman of the Democratic Party to win elections.

Vibrant political parties are vital to the health of our democracy.

It's about going to where your voters are.

You can't show up at a church every 4 October and say, 'Vote for me,' and call that persuasion.

In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.

Don't fall in love with the map. The map doesn't win elections.

The truth is, you cannot run a political campaign like a tech startup. Technology is a field that fetishizes disruption. The old ways are suspect, and we place an almost irrational trust on new tools. That's fine for developing games, but it was a failing playbook for politics.

I've never been a fan of party politics.

In presidential elections, I think people focus way too much on ideology.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

Most pundits regard an election year session as an opportunity for the two parties to frame issues and garner political advantage in advance of the approaching election.

I think when you look to the future what you'll find is that the Republican Party is building a bigger party base on stronger values.

Politics is gut; commercials are gut.

The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.

I definitely learned about the inner workings of campaigns enough to know that I'm glad that I'm not in politics.

Political parties exist to get bums on seats.

McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base.