Kinky Friedman Quotes

To be elected to public office requires no qualifications.

It's hard running for office when people can't say your name.

If I want to run for president, you'll be able to tell.

I spent almost two years trying to get my father elected president.

In the view of everyone, I am a viable candidate and I should be on the ballot.

I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.

My first presidential primary vote was for Bobby Kennedy.

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

I'm unelectable in the District of Columbia.

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

Well, first of all, I was asked by Ross Perot on a telephone call in March of 1992 if, since he had committed on the Larry King Show to becoming a candidate for president, to get on all 50 ballots.

There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity.

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election run for the Ohio State legislature and the California legislature around the country.

The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.

In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.

I voted for you during your last election.

Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

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.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.

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.

A political campaign should be an education for both the voters and the candidates.

The British electors will not vote for a man who doesn’t wear a hat.

Voting in Florida is like there’s some kind of goody in a box and you want to get it, but you’ve got to be persistent to get it.