Quotes about Unqualified Candidate

George Bernard Shaw

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

Thomas Jefferson

I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General [Andrew] Jackson President. He is one of the most unfit men I know for such a place.

Thomas Jefferson

I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for such a place. He has had very little respect for laws and constitutions, and is, in fact, an able military chief. His passions are terrible.

While Jefferson appreciated Jackson’s military prowess, that was about all.

Condoleezza Rice

Enough! Donald Trump should not be President. He should withdraw.

She was one of many senior Republicans who took the unprecedented action of asking the Presidential nominee of their own part to withdraw from the race. Trump, despite his populist appeal, was considered totally unfit to be President and totally destructive to conservatism and the Republican Party by continuing his campaign,

John Hay

… half-baked, glib, little briefless jackleg lawyer … begging for the Presidency, as a tramp might beg for a pie.

The two insulting adjectives are used very rarely these days, but they were in common use at the turn of the end of the 19th century. “Briefless” when applied to a lawyer connoted little intellectual substance, as the important facets of a case are usually in an attorney’s briefs. “Jackleg” described a unprofessional, shoddy person with no standards of excellence. Eg. A person who made do with a temporary jack to hold up a large piece of furniture rather than a proper leg. These were very insulting terms at the time.

Mike Birbiglia

I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and the woman asked, 'Why do you want to go here?' And I took out all of my comedy writing samples that I had done. I couldn't have been more delusional in terms of what I thought they wanted in a candidate for college.

Sam Rayburn

I just wish that he had just one time run for dog catcher.

They had just attended a meeting which included the Kennedy appointee as Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara,1916-2009; LBJ remarked that McNamara was clearly the smartest person in the room.

Sam Altman

If you compromise and hire someone mediocre, you will always regret it.

Pat Buchanan

(H)er qualifications for the Supreme Court are non-existent. She is not a brilliant jurist, indeed, has never been a judge. She is not a scholar of the law. Researchers are hard-pressed to dig up an opinion. She has not had a brilliant career in politics, the academy, the corporate world or public forum. Were she not a friend of Bush, and female, she would never have even been considered.

Samantha Bee

The people I really feel sorry for are all the writers out there who wrote these outrageous comedic romps about a grossly unqualified person who goes on to become a Vice Presidential candidate in a hotly contested presidential race. With hilarious results. They must be so bummed.

Vikram Chatwal

Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.

Roseanne Barr

I'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S.

Evan McMullin

Trump is not going to win the presidency because he himself is a weak, weak candidate.

Unqualified Candidate Quotes