Marion Barry Quotes

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.

We will not lose this election for lack of money.

Money does not always win elections. Usually it does however.

You can't win an election unless you have a message.

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.

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.

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.

In running for Congress, you have to raise over $2 million. You are going to end up shaking hands with people with whom you would rather not shake hands. 95 percent of all the candidates with the most money, win.

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.

Election results and winning an election is not all about winning the next election or planning to win the next election.

If we run the campaign that we plan on running, we think we're going to win.

The first thing I learned is that campaigns are about money. I had this romantic idea that campaigns were about law and debates and so forth, which is just not true. It's about money.

You cannot win an election without a fight.

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.

You're really earning the support of New Hampshire voters, and you've got to do that one-on-one grassroots campaigning here, even if you have the most money.

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

Klandidate

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

Smilin' for the Presidency

Where you have close races, money can make all the difference in the world.

Candidates run on the strength of their ideas, not the weight of their wallets.

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

The tactics and strategy of every Presidential election campaign is most influenced by the previous Presidential election.

The only reason we won this election is that money does not vote. You do!

I ran for chairman of the Democratic Party to win elections.