Elections Quotes

Elections are rarely perfect.

— Richard Holbrooke

Elections don't come cheap.

— Wes Streeting

“Always contend for the good!”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Elections are so crazy.

— Paul F. Tompkins

I've been in a lot of elections.

— Arlen Specter

“Drown those degrading thoughts.”

— Agu Jaachynma N E

I am totally pro-non-partisan elections.

— Diana Taylor

“Don't complain, Don't compromise.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I'm not for seizing power, I'm for justice in the country and for democratic elections.

— Ksenia Sobchak

“A totally befuddled voter may look at a Vote for McGovern sign and do just that.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

“[Stump speeches] are to oratory what a stump is to a tree.”

— Jon Stewart

I am contesting elections since 1952, but never did I throw mud.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

You can protect the integrity of elections without stopping anyone from voting.

— Jason Kander

“There is a ladder to Success! Choose to climb it.”

— Agu Jaachynma N E

I married Imran Khan when he was not winning elections.

— Reham Khan

Well, first of all, I think that Russia has to have free democratic elections, that means everyone who wants to take part…

— Ksenia Sobchak

We Conservatives need to be practical and consistent, not to over-promise. This makes byelections more difficult, but general elections winnable.

— Damian Green

The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this…

— Barbara Lee

Partisanship particularly increased after the 1994 elections and then the appearance of the first unified Republican government since the 1950s.

— Thomas E. Mann

The interference of a foreign country in our elections is an assault on the government of the United States.

— Heather Cox Richardson

I want to join BJP as a party worker. I am not craving for any post or opportunity to contest any elections.

— Jaya Prada

Americans, and only Americans, should decide our elections. That's just common sense and foundational to our democracy.

— Dean Phillips

We have free elections. Everybody can vote, we fought for that, we brag about that and we know we're going to have…

— Jim Brown

Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that…

— Barack Obama

Midterms behave very differently than presidential elections. Midterms, for a federal candidate, often times are a referendum on the president, where in…

— Mike Coffman

The possibility that members of the Trump team coordinated and colluded with agents of the Kremlin on Russia's interference in our elections…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

Mr. Obama said that he personally told Mr. Putin to knock it off and vows to retaliate. But the Obama presidency is…

— John Dickerson

[Barack] Obama won two elections but certainly the first one not because people wanted that agenda of his. He never told them…

— Rush Limbaugh

Ted Cruz was elected to the United States Senate; he has never served in the House. Senators are voted for in state-wide…

— Harry Enten

As a general rule of thumb, Democrats do better in national elections when the year's defining issue is economic fairness, and Republicans…

— Rick Perlstein

Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way…

— Arthur Capper

“I've always found the thousand dollar dinners more unsettling than the twenty-five-thousand dollar ones --- if someone pays the Republican National Committee…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Now many of our Christians have what I call the 'goo-goo syndrome.' Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want…

— Paul Weyrich

“In other words if a man is armed, then one pretty much has to take his opinions into account. One can see…

— David Graeber

“In the United States […] the two main business-dominated parties, with the support of the corporate community, have refused to reform laws…

— Robert W. McChesney

“The Bible is right: A deluge of images does encourage idolatry. Look at the cults of personality in America today. Look at…

— A.J. Jacobs

“It’s not just tougher out there. It’s become a situation where the contest is how much you can destroy the system, rather…

— Peter Hart

“The people who explain politics for a living – the politicians themselves, their advisers, the media who cover them – love to…

— Sasha Issenberg

“Remember one thing as South Africa prepares to go to the polls this week and the world grapples with the ascendancy of…

— Mark Gevisser