Presidential Candidacy Quotes

Don’t any of you realize that there is only one life between this madman and the Presidency.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

The elections have a different platform, the town hall is the platform for it. But the other question behind all this is should I run for president?

Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016.

I'm terrified at the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president. I think he's disgusting, he's offensive. I think that it would be embarrassing for our country to have him sit down with world leaders and try and have a conference or even take a photo op. So we'll see what happens, but it's a very pivotal time in the U.S.

About other Democratic candidates: Never say that any of them is not qualified to be President. Never say any of them can't win. Never suggest that any of them is the tool of an group or interest ...

Donald Trump did not appear by magic.

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.

Donald Trump just happens to be one of those who endorsed me I do not want to see as president of the United States.

There's no question I'm going to do everything within the normal political bounds to make sure we don't nominate Donald Trump. I think he would be terribly unfit for office.

I spent several years in a north Vietnamese prison camp in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States?

If the American people are going to choose you to be their President, they’re entitled to know an awful lot about you.

An important governorship used to be the best springboard for would-be presidents.

I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

I'm not going to run for president. No way, no how.

I don’t care for the Presidency if it has to come by compromise with Senator Foraker. I would never strike a bargain to endorse a man who has consistently opposed the policies and programs of the Roosevelt Administration.

I feel like God wants me to run for president. I can't explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. Something is going to happen. I know it won't be easy on me or my family, but God wants me to do it.

The American system is, in many ways, more difficult, certainly far more expensive and much longer than a parliamentary system, and I really admire the people who subject themselves to it. Even when I, you know, think they should not be elected president, I still think, well, you know, good for you I guess, you're out there promoting democracy and those crazy ideas of yours.

I don't ever want to be president - let's just get that out of the way.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

I know Donald Trump. I've met him; I know his family. I have love and friendship and affection for his family members. But I'm going to work very hard to ensure that he is not our president.

How can you run for president if you don't know the job description?

I have nothing to do with Donald Trump.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.