Michele Bachmann Quotes

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

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

I don't think people realize how life-altering running for president is.

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.

I have decided not to run for president.

The point of a presidential campaign is to put the candidate through the ringer: to force him to get banged up by his opponents and the press, and to have to answer the difficult and uncomfortable questions, be investigated, and learn the thrust and parry of political swordplay.

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.

The hardest thing about a presidential election is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Presidential campaigns are mistakes poorly or well recovered from.

Running for president is a contact sport.

I can't comment on what every single presidential candidate is saying or doing.

I traveled the country for a year and a half helping Hillary Clinton to try to become president.

We're running in a primary election. What do you do? You go out and seek support. When you're getting support, that's good. When you're not getting support, that's bad.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

Smilin' for the Presidency

[Describing a presidential campaign:] A three year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow.

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

Well, Trump campaign is not an actor. Trump campaign is the official campaign of the president.

In an election campaign, sleep is for the weak.

Popularity has always been the key currency in choosing a president.

It's a hard job to become president.

I was considering running for political office.

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

But I have made no plans to run for any office right now.

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.