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John B. Anderson
4 quotes
“After spending an adult life of unfulfilled dreams and promises, a man has to prove something to himself. Maybe I’m trying to sum it all up to convince myself that everything I’ve been doing makes sense. I guess, I just want to get it all off my chest before I close up the books.”
John B. Anderson (1922–2017) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in “Anderson Climbs Uphill Toting Heavyweight Issues” by Dan Balz, in The Washington Post (17 November 1979)
“The time has come to stop telling the American people only what they want them to hear, and start talking frankly about the sacrifices we must all make.”
John B. Anderson (1922–2017) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in “Anderson Offers Barter: Ideas for Votes” by Bernard Weinraub, in The New York Times (12 March 1980)
“[My position] is not designed to win votes. It is designed to address itself to what I think is a problem of crisis proportions. I believe that when you are facing that kind of emergency, you have to be willing to prescribe some pretty tough action. I think the American people are ready for some straight answers. . . When you are confronted with a genuine emergency, then I think you have to look at the interest of the country first.”
John B. Anderson (1922–2017) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Issues and Answers (9 March 1980)
“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.”
John B. Anderson (1922–2017) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in No Holding Back : The 1980 John B. Anderson Presidential Campaign (2011) by Jim Mason, p. 412