Ideological Platform Quotes

Herman Cain continues to show himself to be a leader.

You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.

From an organisation point of view, I want the BJP to be the bright national political party in all the states of India and having an impact on social life.

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

In the White House, I had influence. At Breitbart, I had power.

Why not let the main parties wither? Because I know of no better vehicle than the political party to enable those with common values to come together and reach a position on issues that can then be offered up as a choice of programmes for voters.

A manifesto is different from a magazine.

A central task for any campaign is to develop a narrative: a short, simple story explaining where we are, how we got here and where we need to go.

Mandates are not objective realities but subjective interpretations of elections sold successfully by the winning candidate or party.

The American people want their presidents to articulate big ideas and leave the details to the eggheads.

We are here today, not so much as to launch a political party but more so and more importantly we are here today to project a vision that will inspire hope.

The Democratic Party has been a party of reaction - a party of opposition, complaining about Trump and the Republicans, rather than offering a lot of our own ideas and our own vision. And my view is that if Democrats want to start winning again, we have to start leading again.

The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy.

I don't believe in a golden mean; I don't believe you find policy wisdom between two polar points. I don't dismiss that possibility, but I look at the platform that's so ideologically based, that's so dismissive of facts, of evidence, of science, and it's frankly hard to take seriously.

Running for office, or suggesting you might, is no longer about being a politician but being an independent opinion or sensibility entrepreneur. You're looking for an audience to identify with you. Rather than trying to convince a majority of the electorate, you're looking to cull your particular following.

It does no good to be a conservative if you can't sell a conservative message in a general election.

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.

The fallback position in politics is if you don't know what you want to be about, and if you don't know what your vision is, go at somebody else.

And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs and to improve their delivery of the policy and their delivery of the ideas so that they can garner support for whatever principle they're articulating.

The president of the United States is a pretty important position, and it's the ideas and policies that matter to me, not the color of their skin.

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.