Quintus Tullius Cicero Quotes

There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of young people who volunteered to do anything my campaign needed.

I ring 8,000 to 10,000 doorbells every time I run.

There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.

I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.

Listen, we're going to have to fight for every vote.

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.

Smilin' for the Presidency

I campaign all the time.

You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.

Campaigning means talking to people in the street, it's important.

The basic job of any campaign is to translate grassroots energy into turnout.

I spent some time in Vegas when I was doing some canvassing for Obama back in 2008.

We fail to continue to talk to, to court, to engage our voters. And then we look up and expect our nominees to look up and go from 0 to 100 in a matter of two months to try to secure a victory.

Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.

We need each and every one of you to commit to vote for Barack Obama today!

I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish a great deal, and I beg that you will use your personal influence with your friends to get them to go with you to save the boys.

I think the main thing we can do, whether you agree or not, I don't think that's the real issue, the real issue is this November and there's an election.

I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.

In terms of the ability to go out and win - this is why you have campaigns. You go out, and you take your issues to voters, and you put them out there, and people respond, or they don't.

Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote.

Young people have so much more power than they tend to think to be able to affect politics. And if people will organize and get involved and go out and knock on doors and hand out leaflets and make a change, then they can determine the future.

When you're putting together a campaign for president, like I've been, that entails a lot of time. It's not like I've been at the beach sipping a pina colada.

As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection.

I have been overwhelmed by the response that I have received on the doorstep during this campaign.

Young people are the key to this election.