Elections Quotes · Page 8

American elections have usually turned on the issues of war, peace and the economy.

— Gavin Esler

I love being a parliamentarian. I love it but I don't like politics. And I hate elections.

— Elizabeth May

The Russians have a long history of interfering in elections - theirs and other people's.

— James Clapper

Money is important, but money doesn't buy you elections.

— Michael Capuano

The DMK is a democratic organisation that respects the mandate of the people in elections.

— M. K. Stalin

After one party loses two elections in a row, there's sort of blood in the water.

— Robert Dallek

“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

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

— Barkha Dutt

“They might pay you to vote for them, but having a wrong government in place. You pay it with your life.”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

My daughter had a Howard Dean Beanie Baby and that didn't help him. T-shirts don't win elections.

— Maya Wiley

“When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom…

— Suzy Kassem

Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our…

— Hank Johnson

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

— Francisco Goldman

The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes…

— Barack Obama

There are two chief responsibilities of the Secretary's office. One is to run the elections in the State of Connecticut to make…

— Susan Bysiewicz

Obama lost his ability to push his agenda through Congress when he received what he himself called a 'shellacking' in the November…

— John Podhoretz

Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why…

— Will Rogers

Historically, there hasn't been a significant correlation between gold prices and U.S. elections. Furthermore, history has shown that gold prices tend to…

— Fabrizio Moreira

Maryland first allowed early voting during the 2010 primary elections. In November 2012, more than 16 percent of registered voters in Maryland…

— Martin O'Malley

You know, there is a long tradition in the U.S. of, um, promoting elections up to the point that you get an…

— Samantha Power

The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win…

— Howard Dean

“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Leading: Superlative leaders are fully equipped to deliver in destiny; they locate eternally assigned destines.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

When you have elections in which 90% or 95% or 99% of those elected come from one party, then I think there…

— Mahathir Mohamad

When I was wrong about the 2002 elections, I dumped a garbage can on my head. When my John Kerry prediction didn't…

— James Carville

“Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I have campaigned in many states across the country. Lok Sabha, assembly, corporation elections... I have worked in all of them.

— Nagma

Unions and their supporters in Congress claim that when employees vote on whether to unionize, the elections are tainted by employer intimidation.…

— Eugene Scalia

A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.

— Adam Cohen

In the United States, we've put our elections on Tuesday. That's dumb. In modern life, it makes absolutely no sense.

— Shaun King

Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.

— Adam Cohen

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

— Steve Schmidt

“God takes us through life's journey. Always nudging our Spirits to go for plus and shun the minus.”

— Agu Jaachynma N E

Republicans want to use Obamacare in the 2014 elections against Democrats who voted for it. They want to see it fail, even…

— Bob Beckel

Not a good night for President Obama. He lost elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and he's not doing good in Afghanistan either.

— Jay Leno

We didn't lose the Punjab State elections for any other reason but the fact that seats were wrongly allocated.

— Amarinder Singh

“Birthdays are like presidential elections. I don’t like them, but they still keep coming around every four years.”

— Jarod Kintz

Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself.

— Timothy Noah