[Describing a presidential campaign:] A three year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow.
Also quoted in Time, May 14, 1982
1952 was the last year that television covered a political event as if television weren't there.
You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks.
People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming.
Every election is hectic.
The SS, as such, behaved no more criminally than any other social groups would behave when taking part in political events.
Grand economic theories rarely last more than a few decades. Some, if they are particularly in tune with technological or political events, may make it to half a century. Beyond that, little short of military force can keep them in place.
Have you seen Bernie Sanders rallies? I haven't seen that many white voters since the Oscars. You know - oh, we have some Hollywood fans here.
'Rage' is the word that most often attaches itself to the Tea Party movement, and it's true that, from the outside looking in, their public demonstrations appear to be more enraged than any political events in America since the race riots and anti-war protests of the 1960s.
During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president. Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, 'There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.'
Revolutions are the only political events which confront us directly and inevitably with the problem of beginning.
The churches must realize that when they take a position on a political event that they must accept the rules of the game.
The only bus tours to political events I ever went on with my father were when he was running for president. Why else would you be touring the nation in a bus?
I know people are looking at what's happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.
This weekend President Obama attended the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, and during his speech he joked that he is getting older and crankier. Which explains why he announced he no longer supports President Obama.
I don't know if Gary Johnson is out there doing a campaign, actually. I think he's talking to press a little bit, but I don't think they hold events.
I don't really want to hang out with politicians. I'd rather go straight to hell, and not collect $200.
When I was first elected I was puzzled why they were holding events in my honor as a mere freshman. I asked myself, why is a federal entity so involved in political activity?
I've seen better coverage at an Alan Keyes press conference.
Personally, I can't see the appeal in trekking down to D.C. for a networking extravaganza, even if it is built around a special moment in American history. While I find the election of Barack Obama inspirational, I don't have a desire to memorialize it with overly effusive celebration.
I can't wait for the Republican debates to start and there's literally 65 guys on one stage.
At that time [1954], as a result of political events, I was deeply preoccupied by my relations with the Communist Party.
One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.
It's just like when Trump made his speech, his commencement speech at Liberty University, I saw something that I've never seen. ABC News was there, and they're running around asking the parents of students at Liberty University what about Donald Trump they don't like. Are you upset that Trump is here? Do you ever remember any such reporting at an Barack Obama or Michelle Obama commencement? Of course not. And Trump was loved and adored at this thing, and he had some great things to say.
I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night.
