Richard Cordray Quotes

When you're putting together a campaign for president, like I've been, that entails a lot of time. It's not like I've been at the beach sipping a pina colada.

Running for President of the United States requires everyone on the family working on it.

You should be strenuous in seeing as many people as possible every day of every possible class and order, for from the mere numbers of these you can make a guess of the amount of support you will get on the balloting

You can't win an election with money alone.

There's a lot of work to be done if you're going to run for president or if you're going to run for re-election in a state as big as Florida.

During elections, every party has a different strategy and issues.

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.

If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any of those things. It's not my plan. My plan is to be a good chairman of the House Budget Committee and fight for the fiscal sanity of this nation.

Every election is hectic.

It's about going to where your voters are.

We work really hard to get elected.

When you are in election mode, you are focused only on winning.

I won in a primary, so I understand primary fights.

I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year.

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection.

You know, this is not about endorsements in the primary. We have to get through a primary first.

When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks by all sides.

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

Klandidate

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

I ring 8,000 to 10,000 doorbells every time I run.

It is very easy to have elections. It is very difficult to consolidate political order.