Elections Quotes · Page 9

Political analysts tend to overinterpret the results of isolated elections.

— Jacob Weisberg

“State first, subject second, statesman last.”

— Amit Kalantri

It's kind of hard to win most elections on anti-family, immorality, and Satan-worship.

— Ed Helms

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

— Amit Kalantri

I am not a pundit or a psephologist and thus not in the business of calling elections.

— Barkha Dutt

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

— Tony Blair

“The wish to be elected cannot be more important than the wish to do the right thing.”

— Victor Bello Accioly

“Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes.”

— Agu Jaachynma N E

“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Influence: It takes an influential leader to excellently raise up leaders of influence.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

We're going to let foreign corporations and their CEO's decide the outcomes of the [presidential elections] you just can't do this.

— Donald Trump

Centrist voters typically decide general elections, so hard-left or hard-right platforms don't help.

— William M. Daley

Elections come and go, people win and lose, that is part of politics. It doesn't anyway change things on the ground.

— Mehbooba Mufti

I enjoy getting to know the candidates in state and local contests in a way that only midterm and off-year elections allow.

— Harry Enten

Voter identification tends to solidify after a new generation votes consecutively for the same party in three presidential elections.

— Margaret Hoover

“...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

Whether it's Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana or Odisha, we have seen similar patterns - hostile local politics transform into conciliation of some…

— Barkha Dutt

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are…

— Paul Gillmor

For years, America has helped protect against terrorist attacks by telling Americans, 'If you see something, say something.' The same should go…

— Eric Swalwell

I am voting in the midterm elections because I believe that when people engage with their local government, it reminds those placed…

— Julien Baker

There's no question that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta completely about elections that were supposed to be held immediately in…

— Mark Shields

Our pledge is to hold elections in the year 1985. The form of elections has not yet been determined, but there is…

— Tomas Borge

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system…

— Beth Simone Noveck

We're looking at all forms of election irregularities, voter fraud, voter registration fraud, voter intimidation, suppression, and looking at the vulnerabilities of…

— Kris Kobach

What I see of the US Presidential elections from down here makes me want to disengage from that particular reality and just…

— Francisco Goldman

Elections aren't about records, they're about plans and choices.

— David Cameron

“Don't turn around in circles for making circles do not equate making progress.”

— Agu Jaachynma N E

Elections are about the voters who vote in them.

— Steve Schmidt

More than deciding who should come to power, the 2024 elections are about who should not.

— M. K. Stalin

“In your emotions: exercise Joy over sadness.”

— Agu Jaachynma N E

“If you take your reelection for granted, you’re begging to get axed,”

— Krzysztof Pacyński

Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past.

— Mark McKinnon

Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.

— Charles M. Blow

One good outcome of elections is that fresh talent comes into the House of Commons.

— Kwasi Kwarteng

The Iraqi elections were an important first step.

— Brent Scowcroft

I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.

— Benazir Bhutto

“The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them.”

— Christopher Hitchens

Elections to office, which are the great objects of ambition, I look at with terror!

— John Adams

I was on the elections committee in my last session in the state House of Representatives.

— Marc Veasey

“The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run.

— Brendan Gill