Election Quotes · Page 66

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.

— Barbara Bush

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

— Paul Collier

Conservative presence in the media has not been reflected in elections. Well, maybe the midterm elections of 2010, 2014.

— Rush Limbaugh

It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.

— Max Lucado

This election [2016] will determine whether America is a free nation or whether we have only the illusion of democracy, but are…

— Donald Trump

We saw a true wave election in 2010 for Republicans. There was no such repudiation offered by Resistance Democrats in 2018.

— Ben Domenech

Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual…

— Susan Orlean

Politics does not end the day of the election.

— Bernie Sanders

I like the fact that most of the cars I see are Detroit-made automobiles. I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup…

— Mitt Romney

That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did…

— Angus King

I chose as the campaign logo a blue rose, which means 'make possible the impossible.' I think the British with Brexit, then…

— Marine Le Pen

Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election.

— Thomas Jefferson

By the same token, I think news has more and more of a pro bono aspect to all the networks. When we…

— Leslie Moonves

Since nobody upstages Rudolph Giuliani, his will be a Broadway-class show, perhaps his final bravura performance before November 2000, when he hopes…

— Gail Sheehy

[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive…

— Nancy Astor

The elections would be free and democratic, and any result would have to be accepted.

— Sebastian Kurz

Conventional wisdom holds that the public disproportionately blames Republicans for government shutdowns. The disproportionate election of Republicans to the U.S. Senate following…

— Michael J. Knowles

As if this whole thing isn't confusing enough, election officials announced this week that the alphabet on the ballot will begin with…

— Jay Leno

The general election of 1983 has produced one important result that has passed virtually without comment in the media. It is that,…

— Tony Benn

You cannot duck the difficult issues in the middle of an election campaign.

— Chuka Umunna

It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed--and we face other delays during the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I considered bringing forward information about these surveillance programs prior to the election, but I held off because I believed that [Barack]…

— Edward Snowden

THERE'S NO MONKEY BUSINESS ABOUT THIS ELECTION,' he told the voters. 'IF YOU'RE ENOUGH OF AN ASSHOLE TO VOTE FOR NIXON, YOUR…

— John Irving

We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.

— Naveen Jain

I've been as consistent as human beings can be.

— Mitt Romney

I really do think Trump's election comes down to respect. It comes down to being gracious. It comes down to really showing…

— James Vance

I think we can all agree this is a very important election [2016]. We don't want to see Hillary Clinton become the…

— Mitt Romney

I worry that, given the way the 2016 election went, how cynical and how terrible politics seems, that young people will be…

— Daniel Pfeiffer

The election, and even the re-election, of a black man as president, in a country that is 87 percent non-black - a…

— Dennis Prager

Leading up to Election Day 2008, candidate Barack Obama declared, 'We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of…

— Kirsten Powers

During the election, I traveled all across the country. I like my country and the French. I love talking with them and…

— Emmanuel Macron

I know perception is reality in politics and I know how it looks, but the reality is Democrats lost the election and…

— Rush Limbaugh

Winning the presidential election with 70 percent of turnout is excellent news. I'm very moved.

— Andrzej Duda

I know Donald's [Trump] trying very hard to plant doubts about it, but I hope the people out there understand: This election's…

— Hillary Clinton

If you imagine an election where everyone running on both sides of the aisle for every race was an amazing public servant,…

— Sam Bankman-Fried

Putin is a former KGB agent. He's a thug. He was not elected in a way that most people would consider a…

— Mitch McConnell

Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to…

— Chris Christie

I like being able to fire people.

— Mitt Romney

I really started getting more politically involved after the 2016 election, watching how partisan and how angry our political conversations became.

— Abigail Spanberger

The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time like this we can't risk partisan bickering and political…

— Mitt Romney