One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business. Votes: 6
The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without reproach. What's wrong with this picture? Votes: 6
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. Votes: 6
Corporations are economic entities or structures, and yet they're allowed to fund political candidates, and when those candidates are elected, guess who gets in the door first? It's corporations. Votes: 6
Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous. Votes: 4
Experience in other countries shows how big money, rather than the best political candidate, can influence politics. Votes: 4
Because liberalism typically doesn't sell in American presidential politics, liberal candidates tend to run as culturally conservative centrists. Votes: 4
As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton. Votes: 4
No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise. Votes: 4
The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in. Votes: 4
Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. Votes: 4
Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie. Votes: 4
To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. Votes: 4
If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself. Votes: 4
Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates. Votes: 4
My approach to politics is that I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I'm an American and I always support candidates I think are great for the country. Votes: 4
While I hold my own political views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the real issues. Votes: 4
African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss. Votes: 4
You can unite behind a candidate and a vision for America without rejecting another candidate and their vision, because in real life, opposed to party politics, we Democrats are on the same side. Votes: 4
During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected. Votes: 4
Given a choice between two bald political candidates, the American people will vote for the less bald of the two. Votes: 3
A September 2015 poll found that, by a 3-1 margin, voters are more likely to support political candidates who favor raising the minimum wage. Votes: 3
Internet companies created the social-media tools that fueled the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street insurgencies, and that have helped political candidates rally grass-roots support. Votes: 3
As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls? Votes: 3
Late 19th-century populists saw bankers and industrialists manipulating markets to enrich themselves at the expense of small farmers and labourers and favoured political candidates promising economic relief through free and unlimited coinage of silver. Votes: 3
Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is just operating on a smaller scale and lacks the advantage of having made enormous soft-money campaign contributions to political candidates. Votes: 3
I have on many occasions spoken my mind from stage. I have offered organizations table space by the merch booth. I have donated a dollar-a-ticket, or the entire guarantee, to different causes. I have registered voters. I have played on behalf of political candidates. Votes: 3
I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell the truth about controversial issues. And secondly, we should be sure to encourage our political leaders, after they're elected, to preserve the peace. Votes: 3
We have felt for some time that if political candidates or their staff are willing to make the pilgrimage to North Iowa, the least we can do is show hospitality. And it's also a wonderful way to get to know these people who make our political system work. Votes: 3
Tolling plan is a wonderful opportunity for political pandering, and some candidates are taking full advantage of it. Votes: 0
In 2016 we are faced with a particularly bizarre and unappetizing choice as regards the two main political parties' presidential candidates, in my opinion. Votes: 0
Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
I think the age of the modern media campaign has created a new icon, the celebrity-in-chief. Political elections have become wars fought by candidates with opposing values. Votes: 0
In post-Vietnam, post-Watergate America, skeptical voters demand full disclosure of everything from candidates' finances to their medical records, and spin-savvy accounts of backstage machinations dominate political coverage. Votes: 0
When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them Votes: 0
America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the next Microsoft or Google, design laws to back the innovator in the garage. Votes: 0
If you are feeling overly optimistic the Republican Candidates Debate is on. Votes: 3 Kristen Schaal
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Votes: 5 Mao Zedong