Quotes about campaign
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Wesley Clark photo

“I think the United States military was as humane and careful as it possibly could have been in the Kosovo campaign. But still, civilians died. And I’ll always regret that.”

Wesley Clark (1944) American general and former Democratic Party presidential candidate

Interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now (2 March 2007)

Paul R. Ehrlich photo

“Growthmania is the fatal disease of civilisation - it must be replaced by campaigns that make equity and well-being society’s goals - not consuming more junk.”

Paul R. Ehrlich (1932) American scientist and environmentalist

Source: Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/top-scientists-warn-of-ghastly-future-of-mass-extinction-and-climate-disruption-aoe. The Guardian (2021)

Thomas Jackson photo
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington photo
Emily Thornberry photo

“Are we going to celebrate a Labour version of Brexit? No. We must have the Labour Party this week saying no to Brexit and we must lead the campaign to remain.”

Emily Thornberry (1960) British politician (born 1960)

Jeremy Corbyn faces calls to resolve Labour Brexit divisions https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49787467 BBC News (22 September 2019)
2019

Bowinn Ma photo

“Campaigns are normally very, very social. Politics is absolutely a team sport. And doing all of these campaign activities from separate homes and not being able to gather … it’s far more challenging to feed off each other's energy, even on the Zoom call.”

Bowinn Ma (1985) Canadian politician

North Shore News https://www.nsnews.com/news/north-van-lonsdale-incumbent-ma-not-making-any-predictions-1.24226696, North Shore News: North Van-Lonsdale incumbent Ma not making any predictions, October 24, 2020

Petro Poroshenko photo

“We must be united on the outside front. Even during a parliamentary campaign, even when we have very tough political confrontations within the country.”

Petro Poroshenko (1965) Ukrainian businessman and politician

Interview to "Ukrains'ka Pravda" https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/07/29/7222233/ (29 July 2019)

“Few campaigns are more dangerous than emotional calls for proscription rather than thought.”

"Integrity and Mr. Rifkin", p. 238
An Urchin in the Storm (1987)

Zoran Milanović photo

“To defend the constitution, I will fight against thieves and all that I have said in the campaign. I haven’t promise miracles. I’ll do what I promised.”

Zoran Milanović (1966) Croatian politician

Source: "Croatian President Elect Zoran Milanović Gives First TV Interview" in Total Croatia News https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/40884-croatian-president-milanovic (17 January 2020)

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder photo
Mirza Masroor Ahmad photo
Azali Assoumani photo

“By launching the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in our country today (10 April 2021), we are taking a new step in our strategy to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. To set an example, I made a decision to be the first to take the vaccine.”

Azali Assoumani (1959) President of Comoros

Source: Azali Assoumani (2021) cited in: " Comoros president receives injection of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-04/10/c_139871604.htm" in Xinhuanet, 10 April 2021.

Boris Johnson photo

“We should actively campaign for a public understanding of the benefits of the [UK] union, economic and strategic, for the people and its component nations,”

Boris Johnson (1964) British politician, historian and journalist

Source: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt pledge to safeguard union https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48817848 BBC News (30 June 2019)

David Horowitz photo

“Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims of the genocidal campaign that white America is waging against them.”

David Horowitz (1939) Neoconservative activist, writer

from the 1999 book Hating Whitey and Other Progressive Causes.
1990s

Múte Bourup Egede photo

“There are two issues that have been important in this election campaign: people's living conditions is one, and then there is our health and the environment.”

Múte Bourup Egede (1987) Prime Minister of Greenland

Source: Múte Bourup Egede (2021) cited in " Greenland’s government bans oil drilling, leads indigenous resistance to extractive capitalism https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/greenlands-government-bans-oil-drilling-leads-indigenous-resistance-to-extractive-capitalism/" on Open Democracy, 10 November 2021.

Robert Menzies photo

“A national election campaign is not a conflict of self-interest, with the prize going to the highest bidder. It is an occasion for a re-statement of faith, a renewal of zeal, and a clear vision of the future.”

Robert Menzies (1894–1978) Australian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia

Election speech, Canterbury, Victoria, 29 October, 1958 https://electionspeeches.moadoph.gov.au/speeches/1958-robert-menzies
Second Term as Prime Minister (1949-1966)

Fumio Kishida photo

“We must absolutely defend free and fair elections, which are the basis of democracy. We will proceed with our election campaign as planned with the firm conviction that we will never yield to violence”

Fumio Kishida (1957) 100th~101st Prime Minister of Japan

assassination of Shinzo Abe
Fumio Kishida (2022) cited in " Japan votes in election billed as 'defense of democracy' as police admit security 'problems' during Shinzo Abe assassination https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/10/asia/japan-elections-voters-shinzo-abe-assassinated-intl-hnk/index.html" on CNN, 10 July 2022.