#campaigned

I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became - what it campaigned against. ↗

— Eric Massa

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We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought. ↗

— Theresa May

#because #campaigned #decisions #difficult #difficult decisions

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it. ↗

— Ann Richards

#had #i #knew #notion #pretty

I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio. ↗

— Ann Richards

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I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before. ↗

— Ann Richards

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I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you. ↗

— Ann Richards

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I've had lots of good advice. ↗

— Ann Richards

#had #i #knew #notion #pretty

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls. ↗

— Ann Richards

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Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics. ↗

— Ann Richards

#had #i #knew #notion #pretty

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women. ↗

— Ann Richards

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