Elections Quotes · Page 11

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new…

— Al Sharpton

We were, in a way, out-marketed because we couldn't really compete with the BJP that went into elections under Mr Modi.

— Sonia Gandhi

My son had nothing to do with policy or decision making, nor did I discuss the elections or any other matter with…

— Indira Gandhi

I made it very clear that the United States will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections, and the Russian side committed…

— Robert C. O'Brien

No one likes to lose. Having been a person who's lost elections, it's not a fun thing to do and some people…

— Michael Capuano

The elections are rigged. It's a totally rigged system. The only way we can lose, in my opinion.

— Donald Trump

As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting.

— Adam Cohen

If off-year elections were all that predictive, Democrats would have done well in the 2002 midterms.

— Harry Enten

There's a very striking fact about the elections which you can't miss if you looked at the red-and-blue electoral map the next…

— Noam Chomsky

We can't wait until elections to fight for what we care about. We can't hope for a benevolent leader who may choose…

— Mark Pincus

You had two men who knew the exact same thing, which is Russia did meddle in the elections. I think President Trump…

— Nikki Haley

Being an Arab leader has its rewards: the suite at the Waldorf-Astoria during the United Nations General Assembly, travel in your own…

— Elliott Abrams

As a general rule, midterm elections - in both their first terms and their second terms - aren't kind to incumbent presidents,…

— Steve Kornacki

I have chosen to fight against corruption in this country, though I have been advised not to because we are drawing closer…

— Joyce Banda

There are elections in which everyone knows that 'the people have spoken' but they don't always know exactly what the people have…

— Kay Bailey Hutchison

I am voting in the midterm elections because I believe that when people engage with their local government, it reminds those placed…

— Julien Baker

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 say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level.

— Barack Obama

Important state legislative races and statewide elections for offices like Lt. Governor and Attorneys General are often overshadowed by gubernatorial and federal…

— Ronnie Musgrove

Yes, the United States deserves criticism for meddling in other elections, but that doesn't mean that we should give foreign nationals the…

— Ana Kasparian

If I were a Democrat, I'd centralize power in Washington by nationalizing our elections. It wouldn't be enough to hold all three…

— Lauren Boebert

My participation in the presidential elections can truly be a step on the path towards the transformation that our country needs so…

— Ksenia Sobchak

I'm going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can't become…

— Ksenia Sobchak

Here in Maine, we know that the system of special interests influencing elections runs contrary to our democratic values.

— Sara Gideon

Elections should be about making the people a part of the development journey. That is when India will move ahead.

— Narendra Modi

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

“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Influence: It takes an influential leader to excellently raise up leaders of influence.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Elections come and go, people win and lose, that is part of politics. It doesn't anyway change things on the ground.

— Mehbooba Mufti

Centrist voters typically decide general elections, so hard-left or hard-right platforms don't help.

— William M. Daley

I enjoy getting to know the candidates in state and local contests in a way that only midterm and off-year elections allow.

— Harry Enten

Voter identification tends to solidify after a new generation votes consecutively for the same party in three presidential elections.

— Margaret Hoover

Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him.

— Joshua Micah Marshall

Free and fair elections have again demonstrated that Jammu and Kashmir is part of India, and the people want to remain with…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I believe in public funding of elections, absolutely. But this system iscurrently very antiquated and no longer applies to modern day politics.

— Bernie Sanders

“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Development: Surpassing leaders progress advancely from a lower to a higher state of leadership through leading…

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Be informed, ask questions, band together with your community, and fight at the local level. And make sure you take your local…

— Erin Brockovich

“Political impotence is finished. Today is the beginning of the orgasm. All the people, I promise you, will feel the orgasm of…

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

— Anonymous

Venezuelans need free and fair presidential elections leading to democracy and economic recovery, not Maduro's expensive deals with another pariah state.

— Morgan Ortagus