Unsuccessful Campaign Quotes

We have lost the elections; and it is natural that each of us will believe, and say, it has been because his peculiar views was not made sufficiently prominent.

I had no great sense of failure. I didn’t come out of the campaign with the sense that I’d thrown my career away or thrown my life away on what was a fruitless, feckless endeavor. I felt that I had made my mark on the pages of history and laid down some markers for others possibly to follow.

I describe Jeb Bush as a 'low-energy' individual, and unfortunately for him, that stuck. And it's true: he's a low-energy person. That doesn't make him a bad person.

The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.

I inherited the War on Drugs from a former president who inherited it from a president who also inherited it from a former president. I’m not sure who it is that we are fighting but I know we are not winning.

I've accepted that I was a failure in politics. I was not qualified for the job.

Their failures, both Obama's and Kay Hagan's, are obvious.

Going 3-13 is not acceptable.

I gained the unenviable distinction of being the first United States Army Commander in history to sign an armistice without a victory.

I wasn't very successful at running for office.

Denis Healey refused to contribute an article to the 'Guardian' about his intentions, and was punished by the electorate - and then all Labour MPs - for his presumption in assuming they already knew everything about him. He became famously the best prime minister we never had. Perhaps.

They can say that you are a liar, a cheat, a crackpot, and a licentious old man, and most politicians don't care. But if they say you can't win, you're through.

I did win my election, I just didn't get to have the job.

I ran for political office in the Hamptons once in a war I was having with the village. I came in, there were four people running, and I came in around third. It was over my food market - they arrested me. I just wanted to go for office because I thought it would be an interesting to do.

I don't think I'll ever fully get over losing the city council seat. I don't know how that happened. But it was less than 1 percent out of 50,000 votes. I'd put in six or seven years into changing L.A.

I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.

The ad in the paper said 'Big Sale. Last Week.' Why advertise? I already missed it. They're just rubbing it in.

Losing an election is very difficult. I've lost an election myself, and it was very difficult.

Trump is not going to win the presidency because he himself is a weak, weak candidate.