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Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.

You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections.

It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.

Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

I love to be the lead, but you can't always be the lead.