Election Quotes · Page 14

“...in every election their votes cancel each other, and they are as no one.”

— Lydia Davis

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Iraqi elections struck a blow to the heart of global terrorism.

— Tony Blair

I think most Republicans would rather win this election than have transformation.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

“A single man is minority, a leader is the majority.”

— Amit Kalantri

I lost my election because of my campaign, not because of what anyone else did.

— Mitt Romney

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

— Herbert Marcuse

Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.

— Mike Turzai

Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together.

— David Cameron

At every future election, there should be a slot, at the top of each ballot paper, in which we can put a…

— Peter Hitchens

“You can tell there's an election coming soon. People are already using the word "fundamentally" in excess.”

— Benjamin Kane Ethridge

I think it's quite unlikely that I'll be the leader of the Green party going into a future election if it's on…

— Elizabeth May

Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.

— John Fund

The conventional wisdom in an election year is that nothing will get done until after the election.

— Christine Todd Whitman

Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.

— Walter Lippmann

The circus doesn't stop. A federal appeals court has postponed the recall election. How stupid are we? Even our recalls get recalled.

— Jay Leno

And I'm hoping that between now and two years from now and four years from now and future election cycles, people have…

— Audie Cornish

The overwhelming female protest to the presidential election perhaps is an accurate indicator of how essential it is to understand women, the…

— Carolyn Custis James

Here's my point. I don't want you to be in a position years from now where you welcome Hillary Clinton and say…

— Al Gore

Everybody loves a cliffhanger. There's great drama in elections, and the sporting analogy is very apt. There is a lot at stake…

— Andrew Morse

Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to…

— Chris Christie

You know, I have been thinking about this a lot, and of course I had great stress during all this election campaign.…

— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation - economically, militarily and technologically. That includes threats…

— John Ratcliffe

You see it with Brexit, you see it in Donald Trump's election, you see it with the fact that neither of the…

— Steve Hilton

I believe we can seize this future together, because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. [...] We are greater…

— Barack Obama

So Americans do want their presidents, by and large, you want them to be people who get things done and have experience.…

— Karl Rove

I spoke to a blogger. It was election time when we were doing the movie and Hillary Clinton was still in the…

— Rachel McAdams

That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of…

— Alexander Hamilton

“None of them were greatly interested in the election except as a national soap opera in which the closeness of the result…

— Mark Haddon

I am grateful for the support of those who want to see more women in Congress to better represent our country and…

— Martha McSally

If Christians should vote their duty to God at the polls, they would carry every election, and do it with ease. They…

— Mark Twain

Jefferson, though the secret vote was still unknown at the time had at least a foreboding of how dangerous it might be…

— Hannah Arendt

Politicians promise you heaven before election and give you hell after

— Emma Goldman

I'm into politics - I'm interested in the election and how pissed off people get.

— Pauly Shore

Every four years we go through the same cycle of hope and disillusionment.

— Sheri Holman

A right election can only be made by those who have knowledge.

— Aristotle

During the 1960 election, I saw Richard Nixon as the winner.

— Jeane Dixon

Paul Ryan, was saying [on election 2016 "I don't see any evidence of systemic fraud."

— Chuck Todd

Every election is important and each election says it's more important than the last.

— will.i.am

You just never know. Crazy things happen in elections.

— Greg Kurstin