Candidate Quotes

“If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“You, you are a cockroach. No matter how many times we tried to get rid of you, you kept finding a way to scuttle your way back. And as much as I don’t like you, well, you are persistent. And even I can admire you that.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Perhaps the gods will surprise us and it will be neither.”
“A true tragedy.”
“Of epic proportions.”
“Two longstanding rivals.”
“And only one robe to bear.”
“Who will win?” Darren’s tone was wry. “The handsome prince?”
I grinned. “Or his valiant betrothed?”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“The political merchandisers appeal only to the weak­nesses of voters, never to their potential strength. They make no attempt to educate the masses into becoming fit for self-government; they are content merely to manipulate and exploit them. For this pur­pose all the resources of psychology and the social sciences are mobilized and set to work. Carefully se­lected samples of the electorate are given" interviews in depth. "These interviews in depth reveal the uncon­scious fears and wishes most prevalent in a given so­ciety at the time of an election. Phrases and images aimed at allaying or, if necessary, enhancing these fears, at satisfying these wishes, at least symbolically, are then chosen by the experts, tried out on readers and audiences, changed or improved in the light of the information thus obtained. After which the political campaign is ready for the mass communicators. All that is now needed is money and a candidate who can be coached to look" sincere. "Under the new dispen­sation, political principles and plans for specific action have come to lose most of their importance. The person­ality of the candidate and the way he is projected by the advertising experts are the things that really mat­ter.

In one way or another, as vigorous he-man or kindly father, the candidate must be glamorous. He must also be an entertainer who never bores his audience. Inured to television and radio, that audience is accustomed to being distracted and does not like to be asked to con­centrate or make a prolonged intellectual effort. All speeches by the entertainer-candidate must therefore be short and snappy. The great issues of the day must be dealt with in five minutes at the most -- and prefera­bly (since the audience will be eager to pass on to something a little livelier than inflation or the H-bomb) in sixty seconds flat. The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to over-simplify complex is­sues. From a pulpit or a platform even the most con­scientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth. The methods now being used to merchan­dise the political candidate as though he were a deo­dorant positively guarantee the electorate against ever hearing the truth about anything.”
― Aldous Huxley

“And they told me to keep watch over a ‘lady.’”
I couldn’t help but smirk. A lady.
I lunged and defeated her guard.
I was a war mage.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Loyalty is never built upon honor, brother. It is built upon blood.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Do you know the difference between a nation of merchants and a nation of warriors?” I followed through without waiting for a reply. “Only one of them is prepared to fall on its blade. King Horrace might promise you the world but in the end you will reap the greater loss.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Darren wasn’t darkness, and I wasn’t his light.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“They are brothers,” Benny repeated softly. “That is a bond you cannot break.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“People make mistakes all the time –some of us just are in more of a position to leave an impact when we do.” Impact. Influence. Somehow along the way I had joined the circle of people whose actions dictated change, and it scared me how easy it would be to make the wrong one.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Typically, in politics, more than one horse is owned and managed by the same team in an election. There's always and extra candidate who will slightly mimic the views of their team's opposing horse, to cancel out that person by stealing their votes just so the main horse can win. Elections are puppet shows. Regardless of their rainbow coats and many smiles, the agenda is one and the same.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“When a presidential candidate is publicly requesting help from the Russians, you know that there is something seriously going wrong in the USA.”
― Steven Magee

“Our history told of kings that smiled and kings that conquered. He was the latter.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“I had trained my whole life as a warrior. But in that moment I was the damsel-in-distress.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Cheer is for fools with idle minds. I am neither a fool nor idle.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Rise of Science Denialism

The problem is, in a world where some people (even in the USA, where someone like Donald Trump was allowed to rise to the level of a serious presidential candidate in 2016) have descended to such levels of ignorance that science itself is dismissed by leaders, political and religious as ‘an agenda’, and frightening numbers of people cling to ignorance and superstition because it suits their conservative anti-human rights views and objectives.”
― Christina Engela, The Pink Community - The Facts

“So, what do you think? Better than four years with Byron?”

“Are you kidding?” I kept a straight face. “Those were the best days of life.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Because wrapped up in conceit the size of Jerar was my Darren. Somewhere. Deep, deep down. And that part I loved. With every bit of my being.
I just vehemently hated the rest.”
― Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

“Resume's are incapable of holistically communicating a candidates value.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In a job interview, many candidates fake to be polite. So, the interviewers find it difficult to sort out the really polite ones!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“No one is a more unlikely candidate than anyone”
― Sunday Adelaja

“If you have experienced injustice and insulted by the ungodliness, then you are a candidate to stand against the same.”
― Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

“Do not waste your anger, you may just be the candidate to deliver a people from oppression or injustice.”
― Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

“একটি চাকরির সাক্ষাৎকারে অনেক প্রার্থীরাই বিনয়ী হবার ভান করেন। তাই, সাক্ষাৎকারগ্রহণকারীগণ প্রকৃত বিনয়ী প্রার্থী বাছাই করাটা কঠিন মনে করেন!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“Barack Obama endorsing a presidential candidate is reason enough not to vote for them.”
― Steven Magee

“When a candidate considers a focus on the initial foundation of building trust by showcasing authority beyond just claiming to have it, they can shift the tone and temperature in their favor.”
― Loren Weisman

“I can not vote for the best candidate. I am not on the list.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“Unfortunately, Candace wasn't the one who'd stood out last night. And hell, did Thea stand out. I'd felt her potential before she'd even parked her van. She exhibited open fascination with Marcel's paintings, and the way she relished every bite on her plate made me remember a time when things could still be new and fascinating. And this wasn't even faerie food--- I wondered what expression she would make ifthatcrossed her lips. She breathed life and pleasure with her every movement. Liveliness--- was that the nature of a fae from the Summer Court, or was that simply Thea?”
― Sabrina Blackburry, Dirty Lying Faeries

“I am not in a position to vote for the best candidate. I am not on the list.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

“Before you hire, ask yourself how much your hiring decision is linked to the ways the candidate is similar to you.”
― Binod Shankar, Let's Get Real: 42 Tips for the Stuck Manager