Elections Quotes · Page 14

The concept of throwing away votes is a lie. It only becomes true if you get enough people to believe it and…

— Rock Cowles

I was sent to Russia in 1994 by the Clinton administration to meddle in Russian elections and stayed seven years doing it.

— Michael Caputo

“Men without honor cannot build an honorable country. It is height of hypocrisy to expect a country of equity from such men.”

— Olawale Daniel

“If citizens are punished instantly for breaking the laws, then politicians should also be punished immediately for breaking the promises.”

— Amit Kalantri

The United States does not accept foreign meddling in our elections, and we shouldn't have an ambassador attempting to intrude in another…

— Jeanne Shaheen

Universal, equal, direct and secret elections in the U.S.S.R. will be a whip in the hands of the population against poorly functioning…

— Joseph Stalin

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

— Elliott Abrams

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.

— Anonymous

Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections…

— Aslan Maskhadov

The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the…

— Ted Cruz

China, Russia, Iran and other adversaries each pose a threat to our elections, and the Trump administration seeks to counter all of…

— Robert C. O'Brien

The professionals at the State Board of Elections must assume control of the county board of elections operations in Bladen County, which…

— Robin Hayes

Most people turn things like elections into a fetish and think it's the only way to go: if we just keep giving…

— Pankaj Mishra

“What [Sarah] Palin so beguilingly represented ... was a form of female power that was utterly digestible to those who had no…

— Rebecca Traister

Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way…

— Arthur Capper

The whole thing about elections in Liberia - it's not about the way you take care of people, it's not about the…

— George Weah

“Nigeria is the only country where professors rig elections for incompetent politicians, but expel students for examination malpractices.”

— Olawale Daniel

“Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I was a star campaigner for the Aruvikkara byelection and the assembly elections. They were very valuable experiences.

— Suresh Gopi

When elections are not democratic, even the most populist discussions become superficial, disconnected from real power; they are theatre.

— Zephyr Teachout

“A politician often uses an example or analogy as an attempt to make us forget the question he or she is supposedly…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It seems to me that our presidential elections have turned more into a popularity contest than a real analysis about who really…

— Danny Strong

I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking…

— Bob Riley

While you only get to vote in political elections once in a while, you get to vote with your fork three times…

— Randi Zuckerberg

Trump is doing the country a disservice making things up about the integrity of our elections.

— Jason Kander

“Not every poor or unemployed person who has one wears a political party’s t-shirt to reveal their political affiliation; some use it…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.

— Gene Sharp

If the 1992 and 2000 elections were any guide, third-party candidates are death on the mainstream parties with which they're most naturally aligned.

— Timothy Noah

But all should know that the people's participation in the elections will take the country forward ... an election full of excitement…

— Ali Khamenei

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds,…

— Abraham Lincoln

I kind of resent the idea that the whole world has to be interested in the American elections.

— Arundhati Roy

I do trust the voters... They want presidential elections to be about the future, a vision for the future.

— Doug Burgum

If the opposition wants power they must participate in democratic elections and win the vote of the people.

— Jovenel Moise

“It is perhaps a sign of the strength of our republic that so few people feel the need to participate. That must…

— Jon Stewart

A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.

— Adam Cohen

Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.

— Winston Churchill

I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture…

— John Waters

If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted…

— Kevin Spacey

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by…

— Peter Schuyler

Mr. Obama's call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses.

— Tzipi Livni