Election Quotes · Page 29

We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects.

— Ron Paul

Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only…

— Nawal El Saadawi

I know that some knowledgeable people fear that although we might be willing to spend a couple of billion dollars in 1958,…

— Anonymous

For me, every election is equally important. That is how I have approached all elections.

— Mayawati

I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect…

— Barack Obama

I think it is its time for the leaders of Africa to say to President Mugabe that the people of Zimbabwe's deserve…

— Raila Odinga

So now the question is, basically, right now, how will the Osama Bin Laden tape affect the election? And I have a…

— Walter Cronkite

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Whoever the candidate is, whatever the election, you should be freely able to walk down the street without harassment, without intimidation.

— Lindsay Hoyle

One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential…

— John Paul Stevens

None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to…

— Matthew Henry

You're encouraging a response in citizens and the public, that has nothing to do with an informed decision, that has nothing to…

— Frank Bruni

The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress.

— James Madison

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

— Jennifer Dunn

In The United States, the only real change I know has been Instant Runoff, which is usually applied to municipal elections. I…

— Kenneth Arrow

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

— Brad Henry

If, after the election, you find a Cy Vance as Secretary of State and a Zbigniew Brzezinski as head of National Security,…

— Hamilton Jordan

When I first came to Congress, the party was supposed to help you. Now, when a new member is sworn in, he…

— Jim Cooper

Time and again a close election leads to hand-wringing about the need for Electoral College reform; time and again, politicians and parties…

— Ross Douthat

If a leader comes to office in a seemingly fair election and tolerates dissent, he or she qualifies for our seal of…

— Stephen Kinzer

The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists…

— Jim Talent

Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you're the mayor. The bad news is, now you're the…

— Clint Eastwood

What the Russians did in the election in 2016 was clearly short of war, yet it was a pretty aggressive act to…

— David E. Sanger

This [2016] is not simply another four-year election. This is a crossroads in the history of our civilization that will determine whether…

— Donald Trump

This truth may be handled either sinfully or profitably; sinfully as when it is treated on only to satisfy curiosity, and to…

— Anthony Burgess