George Osborne Quotes

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

I'm the guy everybody wanted to live next door. They just didn't want me to be prime minister.

I don't care how great your ideas are or how well you can articulate them, people must like you before they will vote for you.

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

Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.

Hillary had never run for office before, but she decided to give it a try. She began her campaign the way she always does new things, by listening and and learning. And after a tough battle, New York elected her to the seat once held by another outsider, Robert Kennedy.

I don't want to be the mayor of New Jersey.

India is a democratic country & anyone can become a PM.

In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man.

You had a majority of Americans saying that [Donald Trump] would take the country in the right direction or I think he would make real change, real change.

Voters don't have to love him, Romney advisers say, but they will respect him.

I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.

After thinking carefully about how I can best help my fellow Minnesotans, I have decided to not seek election for a different office in 2014. The warm encouragement from many people to run for U.S. senator or the governorship was deeply humbling.

How can a president not be an actor?

George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern France.

This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay.

I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.

George Bush doesn't represent any civilization!

I travel to Chicago a lot. And I've followed Obama through his Senate race and beyond. I found him to be an exceptional candidate who was able to transcend ethnic and racial lines.

What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.

My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And I'm going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results.

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.