The exit polls suggest that after a relatively disappointing first term, Obama managed to reassemble almost all of his 2008 electorate. — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician… — Patrick MacGill Copy Share Image
Representative democracy betrays the electorate when laws have no roots in the people but in oligarchies. Studies on the concept and modalities… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
“all the people have a right to vote, and no single man ever controls the destiny of any nation, either by divine… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
We're at the end of an era of failed leadership. We have been led by a divider [Barack Obama] who has sliced… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
It seems to be the case that for the people who actually are all in with Donald Trump - which is who… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
We have for the past year and undoubtedly will be for the next year, dealing with an electorate that is more alienated… — Robert Teeter Copy Share Image
As so often, the ordinary rank and file of the electorate have seen a truth, an important fact, which has escaped so… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
When it came to the 2000 election, 84 percent of Ivy League faculty voted for Al Gore, 6 percent for Ralph Nader… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Not for nothing that [Donald] Trump, who himself has had some high unfavorable ratings, distrusted by a significant amount of the population… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I think that is what the electorate is looking for - they are not looking for a pretty face to lead the… — Nicole Seah Copy Share Image
I know it's - this is this insane analysis. Hillary Clinton lost the election because her ideas were bad. She didn't fit… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
The American creationist movement has entirely bypassed the scientific forum and has concentrated instead on political lobbying and on taking its case… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
I don't believe in democracy. In the second place, neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Lord Rothschild had access to all manner of leaders and experts. He was responsible only to the Prime Minister and answerable to… — Derek Wilson Copy Share Image
“She knew—it was her job as a teacher of history to know—how many horrors are legitimated in public daylight, against the will… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system like Britain's, where power… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other… — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
I know very well that the political classes have spread fear among the electorate: Without the euro, the sun will cease shining,… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
In general, I think man-on-the- street ads and endorsement spots are having less and less effect on people. The electorate's getting very… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president. — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Conservatives believe in smaller government and in the power of the electorate. So I think that we're less likely to try to… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The same electorate that is unhappy with [Pennsylvania's] GOP Sen. Rick Santorum appears to have some qualms with Rendell. — Stuart Rothenberg Copy Share Image
My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me… — Helen Suzman Copy Share Image
It's hard to beat something with nothing. Republicans across the country are feeling the burn from an energized and angry segment of… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
There may be a sense in the electorate, especially among independents that President Obama has overreached in some ways. — Michael Fullilove Copy Share Image
And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
The Tea Party movement itself is maybe 15, 20 percent of the electorate. It's relatively affluent, white, nativist. You know, it has… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
As social values shifted through the '80s and '90s, as modern conservatism rose to power, and as the electorate became a good… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
In our democracy, political parties have to raise funds to campaign and put their policies to the electorate, and as a proud… — David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville Copy Share Image
Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
I think the Democratic electorate is similarly very energized. In both cycles we have new folks coming into the system who had… — Leah D. Daughtry Copy Share Image