#candid

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#candidates #character #except #extent #give

We're talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it's very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very candid and open about their views on very sensitive issues affecting the United States. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#affecting #america #being #candid #comfortable

I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#corners #credible #did #elected #four

It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races. ↗

— Christie Hefner

#amount #candidates #competitive #enough #give

Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#arena #been #candidate #elected #enough

Vote Smart has sent out thirty thousand questionnaires to every candidate running for office. ↗

— Betty Hill

#every #office #out #running #sent

Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particular tumor honestly. If you smoke, which I did for many years very heavily with occasional interruption, and if you use alcohol, you make yourself a candidate for it in your sixties. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#came #candidate #day #did #die

Candidates and their consultants keep making the same mistake. They assume that all independents are bundled neatly together ideologically between Republicans and Democrats. ↗

— John Sununu

#between #candidates #consultants #democrats #ideologically

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#being #candidates #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement

Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#changes #choice #election #elections #expression