Elections Quotes · Page 11

“Political impotence is finished. Today is the beginning of the orgasm. All the people, I promise you, will feel the orgasm of…

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

— Anonymous

When you have elections in which 90% or 95% or 99% of those elected come from one party, then I think there…

— Mahathir Mohamad

“Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Unions and their supporters in Congress claim that when employees vote on whether to unionize, the elections are tainted by employer intimidation.…

— Eugene Scalia

I have campaigned in many states across the country. Lok Sabha, assembly, corporation elections... I have worked in all of them.

— Nagma

When I was wrong about the 2002 elections, I dumped a garbage can on my head. When my John Kerry prediction didn't…

— James Carville

In the United States, we've put our elections on Tuesday. That's dumb. In modern life, it makes absolutely no sense.

— Shaun King

“Citizens hold a powerful tool: the ability to choose civility at the ballot box. That choice has ripple effects. When we elect…

— Diane Kalen-Sukra

I mean, what's the elections? You know, two guys, same background, wealth, political influence, went to the same elite university, joined the…

— Noam Chomsky

We have a democracy of elections to elections. After winning an election, the parties become brazen and arrogant. They would do all…

— Arvind Kejriwal

The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base, they may be…

— Rush Limbaugh

I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions…

— Garry Kasparov

Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were…

— Roger Wicker

Elections in India are not contests between personalities. They are ultimately battles involving political parties; promises and pledges that political parties make;…

— Jairam Ramesh

Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it…

— Nicola Sturgeon

A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.

— Adam Cohen

Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.

— Adam Cohen

The only exception to the demise/struggles of the European centre-left is Macron, in French presidential and parliamentary elections 2017.

— Andrew Neil

Leaders cling to power in a socialist state like Venezuela by buying votes and manipulating elections.

— Trish Regan

“They might pay you to vote for them, but having a wrong government in place. You pay it with your life.”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

“When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom…

— Suzy Kassem

My daughter had a Howard Dean Beanie Baby and that didn't help him. T-shirts don't win elections.

— Maya Wiley

You know, there is a long tradition in the U.S. of, um, promoting elections up to the point that you get an…

— Samantha Power

“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Leading: Superlative leaders are fully equipped to deliver in destiny; they locate eternally assigned destines.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win…

— Howard Dean

“Birthdays are like presidential elections. I don’t like them, but they still keep coming around every four years.”

— Jarod Kintz

Not a good night for President Obama. He lost elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and he's not doing good in Afghanistan either.

— Jay Leno

We didn't lose the Punjab State elections for any other reason but the fact that seats were wrongly allocated.

— Amarinder Singh

In more stable political times, a low turnout in the E.U. elections was a luxury we could afford.

— Gina Miller

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many…

— Frank Dobson

As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook.

— Jennifer Dunn

“To view freedom as that which grants us unlimited permission to create our own ethics is to utilize freedom as the most…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Black people mad Romney's white. White people mad Obama's black. Me? I'm mad no one cares about their policies or our country.

— Anonymous

Mandates are not objective realities but subjective interpretations of elections sold successfully by the winning candidate or party.

— Thomas E. Mann

Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself.

— Timothy Noah

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

— Winston Churchill

“Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.

— Rob Corddry

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

— Steve Schmidt