Political Communication Quotes

The press must grow day in and day out — it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon.

Many people in public life are not good campaigners.

Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush's 1988 convention speech is a great example. His son's speech was also quite powerful.

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.

The average voter has to hear a point seven times before it registers.

In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing.

Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about.

Trump loves the media. Trump understands the power it has and, accordingly, loves the people who have media power.

I would do whatever I could to make Jeremy Corbyn more electable, but you've got to give me something to work with, mate.

I think the Donald Trump's obsession is, is bigger than just polling. I mean it's funny because we've been harping on polls like never before, Trump was harping on his own polls endlessly. I mean his stump speeches would begin with him crowing about his latest poll numbers and that was just a kind of odd convergence.

Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.

Theodore Roosevelt owes more to newspapers than any other man of his time, or possibly of any other time.

One of the main functions of politicians - and journalists - is to simplify the world for us.

There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.

The media is telling you who Donald Trump is and what he's saying and what he's doing, courtesy of anonymous leaks.

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

I would love to interview Sean Spicer.

I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.

Donald Trump understands media. He's a television star. And he's connected with America.

Last night, President Bush gave a prime-time press conference. It was such a big deal that Fox decided to preempt American Idol. Which made sense to me, you don't want too many amateurs on in one night.

The main reason why historians have skated over the relationship of Victorian PMs with the press is that they haven't been looking for it. It takes a lecturer in media studies such as Paul Brighton to point out that media management was part of the job of a Victorian prime minister.

Whether politicians are dealing with complex policy problems or trying to communicate with the electorate, it makes sense to establish a clear, long term narrative underpinned by forward-looking policies to deliver on its vision.

The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting, or with protecting the expressive activity of topless dancers, which of late has found some shelter under the First Amendment. Rather, the Framers cherished unabridged freedom of political communication.