Election Quotes · Page 27

Back in 2008, after we'd won the election, no one really expected me to keep teaching. But I couldn't just walk away...…

— Jill Biden

Brexit and Trump's election are forcing countries to come up with new radical ideas.

— Mariana Mazzucato

Representative government has broken down. Our politicians represent not the people who vote for them but the commercial interests who finance their…

— Edward Abbey

We're gonna need more than winning elections; we're gonna need to change the way people think, and they're not gonna change what…

— Rush Limbaugh

In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, celebrity endorsements possibly damaged Hillary Clinton, since they allowed Donald Trump to emphasise that she was…

— Gavin Esler

We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

When [Marco] Rubio won the election, he was a Tea Party darling, he was a Tea Party favorite. What happened? "Gang of…

— Rush Limbaugh

I delivered a clear and forceful message that although we recognize Russia's intelligence gathering will sometimes take place even if we don't…

— Barack Obama

I will avoid demonizing people who don't agree with me about this election.

— Tucker Carlson

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote,…

— Ralph Nader

What do the 5%, or the 1% actually use their money for? They lend it back to the economy at large, they…

— Michael Hudson

I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to…

— Ed Koch

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government…

— Charles W. Pickering

Republicans are relentless and they're smart, too - they're not all dumb - and on Election Day, they'll be up at five…

— Michael Moore

In the US, first of all, the electoral system has been almost totally shredded. For a long time it's been pretty much…

— Noam Chomsky

“Heading into the race, the perception among political professionals and the press had been that the rival campaign squadrons were more or…

— Mark Halperin

“A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people.…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Richard Nixon was a Republican presidential candidate who encouraged crooks to commit espionage against the Democratic National Committee in order to gain…

— Tim Kaine

The Labour Party's election manifesto is the longest suicide note in history.

— Greg Knight

My first assignment was 12 weeks in Afghanistan. After that, I covered the Indian election for two months. Then I got a…

— Daniel Berehulak

You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes…

— Herbert Hoover

Romney's Obama-era CPAC struggles spoke to a challenge his '12 campaign never overcame: to shore up the GOP's restive conservative base in…

— Steve Kornacki

While we all wish that it didn't cost billions of dollars to win a presidential election, the reality is that it does.

— Jessica Tarlov

Narendra Modi is a bubble. After elevation in his party, his first test was the Karnataka election. He failed miserably in that.

— Jitin Prasada

Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome.

— Thomas E. Mann