Fletcher Knebel Quotes

I think that the person who is going to be nominated will be nominated by the convention.

Any [political] party without principles is rudderless and passive.

So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week.

The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.

A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention as my choice for the vice president was challenged by only 39 other nominees.

I think the Democrats' role is to be vocal.

You have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our Republican Party. I think it would be foolish to ignore them.

When you are not in power for 20 years and several leaders are in the race, it is tough to put forth one face. The most important things are our policies and principles.

I'm a Republican. I'm running in a Republican primary.

The fastest growing political party is no party.

John Kerry will be the Democratic nominee for president. Democrats finally found someone who is Al Gore without the flash and the sizzle.

As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party.

In actual fact those who do not care for politics and sit on the fence do indeed side for a political party: The ruling party.

We must challenge to fight at every level, including Congress and to make that challenge political and to organize as a political party is how we get traction.

The fundamental question is is the Conservative Party leadable

I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very good way .

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

I would like to think that we have made much more progress, that we've come much further, to have someone like a Donald Trump to emerge as the nominee of a major political party.

And if I am elected, I promise the formation of a new party, a third party, a wild party.

I intend to lead my party, which is the only party that has a serious policy on the No. 1 priority of the people and that is the economy.

In my view it is better for the Labour Party, the leadership and the new prime minister that he be given the maximum flexibility.

I think that you have a situation where one political party, in specific, if you watched the Republican debate, it's all about terrorism.

You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.

The Labour Party is going about the country stirring up apathy.