Women Candidates Quotes

Women tend to give political candidates only about 10 percent of what males give, and males give women candidates only 10 percent of what they give to males.

I can do whatever is necessary to protect the United States.

Vote for Women – Vote Communist!

Do I think I am being held to a different standard than a man who would be in this exact same race with the exact same story? Might be? Yes. But that’s reality.

As a woman candidate myself, I know how important it was to be encouraged to run, to think outside of the box.

Earlier tonight the second Republican debate took place here in California. With 10 men and only one woman, everyone thought they were watching 'The Bachelorette.'

We still have not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling.

We're never gonna have a nice lady run for president.

Like an American Moses, she [Hillary Clinton] was an imperfect prophet, leading women to the edge of the Promised Land. Now its up to anotehr woman to enter it.

The major difference lies in the parties' recruitment of female candidates. Recruitment was much more likely to shape women's candidacy decisions than men's, recruitment by party leaders being crucial, with Republicans less likely to recruit women than are Democrats.

Men are uncomfortable running against women because they've had so little experience doing it.

I think the more women we have running for office the better.

We are not yet a society free of sexism, and this will continue to be an issue for all women candidates.

Lots of women candidates get compared to one another because there's so few women in office and positions in corporate America.

You might be considering elected office because you are angry with those in power. Indignation can be a motivator to run but not to govern. If you win you'll need more than anger to govern.

One of the things 'Cosmo' feels really strongly about is we need more women candidates running, and we need more women across the parties in D.C.

A new hat, rather a bonnet, was tossed into the Democratic Presidential race today. Mrs. Shrilly Chisholm, the first Black woman to serve in Congress.

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

Never miss the ham breakfast or the chili supper.... Spend a lot of time listening.

I am looking foward to the day when we have more women in the U. S. Senate that there were victims of Harvey Weistein's sexual harassment.

Women are prepared to run for office. They're prepared to show up. Oh yeah, women have big roles to play, and they have stepped up to the plate already.

The list of women to potentially be on a major party ticket, in both parties, is embarrassingly short.

Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.

I hate generalizing. But what I've seen, from what I've observed, fundraising's an issue for women candidates.

When we get married or interviewed for a job or play professional sports or run for president of the United States, we encounter a whole set of standards and expectations. We can be shamed for an outfit that's too slutty, too dowdy, too pricey--take your pick. That's the burden women carry into the fitting room.