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Antonin Scalia1 quote
Campaign promises are-by long democratic tradition-the least binding form of human commitment. — Antonin Scalia · 2002Barry Goldwater1 quote
I will offer a choice, not an echo. — Barry Goldwater · 1964Clay Davis1 quote
You think I have time to ask a man why he givin' me money or where he gets his money from? I'll take any motherfucker's money if he givin' it away! — Clay Davis · 2006Edwin Edwards1 quote
The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy. — Edwin Edwards · 1983George Eliot1 quote
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. — George Eliot · 1866James Carville1 quote
It's the economy, stupid. — James Carville · 1992Mario Cuomo1 quote
We campaign in poetry. But when we're elected we're forced to govern in prose. — Mario Cuomo · 1985Ronald Reagan1 quote
I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. — Ronald Reagan · 1984Thomas More1 quote
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all. — Thomas More · 1516