#candid

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage. ↗

— Jimmy Breslin

#bald #candidates #disagreeable #fat #how

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

Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt. ↗

— Roscoe Conkling

#bureaus #candidate #committees #effort #favor

I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

#book #candidate #favored #him #i

I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#fare #i #lincoln #presidential #sure

Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#every #honest #human #moment #now

I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman. ↗

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

#going #i #leader #look #man

Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#candidates #consultants #dark #democrats #hear

I consider myself an excellent candidate... because I care. ↗

— Vincent Frank

#candidate #care #consider #excellent #i

All of the candidates agree that the Democratic Party needs to undergo fundamental reforms. ↗

— Martin Frost

#candidates #democratic #democratic party #fundamental #needs