Craig Armstrong Quotes

If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.

It's going to be hard for someone like me to run for president.

I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

I’m dead ass running for president in 2016.

I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

I would not run as a one-issue candidate. Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal.

I would love to be able to serve in office in some capacity with Romney as president.

There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton.

I have big ideas. If you don't like them, don't vote for me.

My firm belief is that people who aspire to public service should have the best advice up front, as they decide whether to run and the people decide whether to support them.

You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.

When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy.

Every senator I know would like to be President. The question is do they want to run to be President.

Mo Udall wanted to run for president [in 1976] in the worst way ... and he did.

The most important questions for anybody thinking of running for president are not 'Will you run and can you win?' There is, 'What is your vision for America? And can you lead us there?'

So far, I have looked and looked for a detailed plan from Hillary Clinton's campaign that can tell me where she really stands, but there is none. It is difficult to trust that a candidate will be the right one for our community when you don't exactly know what their plan is.

As it became clear that Senator Rubio was likely to run for president, I received encouragement to consider running for the Senate.

If you're running to be president of the United States, you can't just tell people you're going to make America great again. I think you need to begin to explain exactly how you're going to do it policy-wise. We're not going to win a general election with a candidate that refuses to detail policy.

Rand Paul is officially running for president. He even revealed his campaign slogan, which is 'Defeat the Washington machine. Unleash the American dream.' It's hard to tell if he's running for president or doing an infomercial for Bowflex.

When [Jimmy] Carter ran for President, he made many promises to people in big cities.... I never believed a word he said, and therefore did not believe he was lying.

I will do anything to get re-elected.

A political campaign is a movement. It's built around a single candidate. It will evaporate when he or she gets elected.

For the Presidency, you run on a record and not on your legs.

Re-election campaigns of sitting presidents are always about the sitting president.