Diane Abbott Quotes

I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it 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.

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.

I took a lot of heat from Republicans when I stepped out of John McCain's campaign after the 2008 primaries. I still supported McCain, and voted for him, but I just didn't want to be the tip of the spear attacking Obama.

Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents, who he was crushing at the time, stop whining. And I think that's a good message for the Romney campaign. Instead of whining about what the Obama campaign is saying, why don't you just put the facts out there and let people decide rather than trying to hide them.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

It's not a smear, if you please, if you point out the record of your opponent.

We are there to be an opposition to the Democratic philosophy and the only way to do that is through confrontation.

I am not a fan of President Trump, I should say. I wouldn't try to comment on every particular issue in which we disagree, but there are plenty of them.

Nobody ever said that Hillary's nomination would be unopposed or would be something that was foreordained.

A lot of guys will talk politics, but usually not about Trump. Those might get a little heated depending on who you're talking to.

I have been fighting - and winning - against Obama-era experiments with illegal amnesty.

I don't know why so many people seem upset about the fact that Nev Schulman and I are so against Trump.

Ever since I took the plunge into active politics, I faced a fair amount of attacks and criticism from political rivals, and I had learnt to take it with a pinch of salt.

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

If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.

Arnold Schwarzenegger got into a huge debate with Arianna Huffington about immigration - going back and forth - finally immigration came in and hauled them both away.

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.

Last night, we had the first gubernatorial debate. Some people are criticizing Schwarzenegger for not going. They say Arnold goes around telling people he cares, everything is going to be great, forget about everything he did in the '70s. Hey, it worked for George Bush.

I'm the only one that can take the debate to Barack Obama and win and be elected.

Politically, I thought [Margaret Thatcher] stank. I think she had a real fight on her hands to get where she got, but I don't believe that her conviction was for the greater good.

Gordon Brown now bestrides politics and the media like the Colossus of Dunfermline. Whatever happened to Tony Blair?