Election Quotes · Page 34

Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?'…

— Ray Nagin

“In the next election, I'm voting for your mom to be the next God,” Tony says when I pick up the phone.”

— David Levithan

Since winning the election, Donald Trump has jump-started voter suppression efforts at the federal and state levels.

— Jason Kander

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it.

— Mitt Romney

I don't think it's really good once you've lost an election to sit around, watch your former opponent, and swipe at them.

— Kerry Healey

Representative democracy is a remarkably blunt instrument. Hundreds of issues are bundled together at every election, yet the vote tends to swing…

— George Monbiot

This election [2016], and I believe this, is our last chance to secure the border, stop illegal immigration and reform our laws…

— Donald Trump

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast…

— John Adams

I have known Evo Morales for many years, since the days of the union movement. From a historical and sociological standpoint, the…

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on a looting raid for the enrichment of…

— Anonymous

We thought New York City was home to 8 million rats. Turns out, that's a little high. The actual number is 2…

— David Letterman

Russia and other countries have been hacking and attempting to attack American institutions for years, that Russia's attack on American elections has…

— Reince Priebus

For all its considerable merits and inspirational principles, the American system is based upon a continuous uninterrupted process of election campaigns, stretching…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

What may worry [Donald] Trump, the latest Gallup poll. It shows just 44 percent of Americans approve of how he's handling the…

— George Stephanopoulos

Typically, the view of party leaders is that primaries are best avoided. Better to coalesce around a consensus candidate early, help that…

— Steve Kornacki

There is great potential and deep fragility [in Malaysia] that can be used by any group that stresses on religion, pushing towards…

— Tariq Ramadan

African-American women are the most loyal constituency of the Democratic Party, and we need to do more to make sure that we…

— Thomas Perez

Jeremy Corbyn couldn't have won without Labour changing its leadership election rules in 2014, but which more importantly got rid of the…

— Alex Nunns

You know, others keep saying that there are too many candidates in the race, and once it gets down to a two-person…

— Cokie Roberts

I think that our reliance on dynasty is part of the problem here, because dynasty is inherently undemocratic. It's a very entitled…

— Fatima Bhutto

I think you first have to get into Kim Jong-un's head, you know, which is he's in a state of paranoia. He's…

— Nikki Haley

“Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons…

— Suzy Kassem

I have a terrible time during elections. I am way too politically involved. I absolutely never argue politics with anyone, as it…

— Anne Lamott

There may be evidence the Russians are trying to tamper with elections. The Russians are trying to infiltrate everything we do, and…

— Rush Limbaugh

Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

If the Left can unilaterally impeach and try to remove a president during an election year, a Supreme Court justice can certainly…

— Tom Fitton

[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy…

— Shimon Peres

Since the majority is always wrong, might we try one election day where all the losers take office?

— Robert Breault

November 8th, we'd better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged. People are going to walk in and they're…

— Donald Trump

Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.

— Jay Leno

Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.

— Mark McKinnon

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste.

— Will Rogers

The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.

— Fidel Castro

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.

— Che Guevara

If an election doesn't go your way, you don't get to call a do-over. Part of respecting our democracy is respecting the…

— Jason Kander

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

— Aneurin Bevan

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm…

— John Mahoney

This is an election of hope. It is bringing a new trust. These elections will give new strength to the nation.

— Narendra Modi

To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

— Jon Huntsman, Jr