---
title: "5 Influence Election Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Influence Election quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Influence Election sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/stephen-colbert-503_election_i-don-t-think-anybody-can-with-a-straigh_191988.png"
---

> [I don't think anybody can with a straight face say that the Russians did not set out to influence our election, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/i-don-t-think-anybody-can-with-a-straight-face-say-that-the-russians/)

[Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/stephen-colbert-503_election_i-don-t-think-anybody-can-with-a-straigh_191988.png)

> [It is absurd to think that anything in us could have the least influence upon our election. Some say that God did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/it-is-absurd-to-think-that-anything-in-us-could-have-the-least/)

[Thomas Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-watson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/thomas-watson-4209_absurd_it-is-absurd-to-think-that-anything-in-u_341642.jpg)

> [Osama bin Laden put out a new video. The timing of this video has some people upset, three days before we vote.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/osama-bin-laden-put-out-a-new-video-the-timing-of-this-video-has-some/)

[Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/bill-maher-211_bin-laden_osama-bin-laden-put-out-a-new-video-the_1218496.png)

> [We have never in the history of our country been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power, is working so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-have-never-in-the-history-of-our-country-been-in-a-situation-where/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/hillary-clinton-51_adversaries_we-have-never-in-the-history-of-our-coun_2196421.jpg)

> [I've always known that dumb people existed. I just never knew that there were enough of them to influence an election like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-ve-always-known-that-dumb-people-existed-i-just-never-knew-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/anonymous-1_dumb_i-ve-always-known-that-dumb-people-exist_2430097.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/influence-election/#itemlist",
            "name": "Influence Election Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 5,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I don't think anybody can with a straight face say that the Russians did not set out to influence our election, and they did so.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Stephen Colbert"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/i-don-t-think-anybody-can-with-a-straight-face-say-that-the-russians/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/stephen-colbert-503_election_i-don-t-think-anybody-can-with-a-straigh_191988.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/stephen-colbert-503_election_i-don-t-think-anybody-can-with-a-straigh_191988.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/stephen-colbert-503_election_i-don-t-think-anybody-can-with-a-straigh_191988.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I don't think anybody can with a straight face say that the Russians did not set out to influence our…” — Stephen Colbert",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "It is absurd to think that anything in us could have the least influence upon our election. Some say that God did foresee that such persons would believe, and therefore did choose them; so they would make the business of salvation to depend upon something in us. Whereas God does not choose us FOR faith, but TO faith. \"He hath chosen us, that we should be holy\" (Eph. 1:4), not because we would be holy, but that we might be holy. We are elected to boldness, not for it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Thomas Watson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/it-is-absurd-to-think-that-anything-in-us-could-have-the-least/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/thomas-watson-4209_absurd_it-is-absurd-to-think-that-anything-in-u_341642.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/thomas-watson-4209_absurd_it-is-absurd-to-think-that-anything-in-u_341642.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/thomas-watson-4209_absurd_it-is-absurd-to-think-that-anything-in-u_341642.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“It is absurd to think that anything in us could have the least influence upon our election. Some say that…” — Thomas Watson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Osama bin Laden put out a new video. The timing of this video has some people upset, three days before we vote. It looks like he's trying to influence the election. And I'll tell you, it's not going to work. Americans know Osama bin Laden does not pick our president. The Supreme Court does.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Bill Maher"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/osama-bin-laden-put-out-a-new-video-the-timing-of-this-video-has-some/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/bill-maher-211_bin-laden_osama-bin-laden-put-out-a-new-video-the_1218496.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/bill-maher-211_bin-laden_osama-bin-laden-put-out-a-new-video-the_1218496.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/bill-maher-211_bin-laden_osama-bin-laden-put-out-a-new-video-the_1218496.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Osama bin Laden put out a new video. The timing of this video has some people upset, three days before we…” — Bill Maher",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We have never in the history of our country been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power, is working so hard to influence the outcome of the election, and, believe me, they're not doing it to get me elected. They're doing it to try to influence the election for Donald Trump. Now, maybe because he has praised Putin, maybe because he says he agrees with a lot of what Putin wants to do, maybe because he wants to do business in Moscow, I don't know the reasons.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hillary Clinton"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-have-never-in-the-history-of-our-country-been-in-a-situation-where/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/hillary-clinton-51_adversaries_we-have-never-in-the-history-of-our-coun_2196421.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/hillary-clinton-51_adversaries_we-have-never-in-the-history-of-our-coun_2196421.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/hillary-clinton-51_adversaries_we-have-never-in-the-history-of-our-coun_2196421.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We have never in the history of our country been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power, is…” — Hillary Clinton",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I've always known that dumb people existed. I just never knew that there were enough of them to influence an election like this one.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Anonymous"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-ve-always-known-that-dumb-people-existed-i-just-never-knew-that/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/anonymous-1_dumb_i-ve-always-known-that-dumb-people-exist_2430097.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/anonymous-1_dumb_i-ve-always-known-that-dumb-people-exist_2430097.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/anonymous-1_dumb_i-ve-always-known-that-dumb-people-exist_2430097.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I've always known that dumb people existed. I just never knew that there were enough of them to influence an…” — Anonymous",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/influence-election/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/influence-election/",
            "name": "Influence Election Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/influence-election/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/stephen-colbert-503_election_i-don-t-think-anybody-can-with-a-straigh_191988.png"
            },
            "description": "Browse 5 Influence Election quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Influence Election sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/influence-election/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/influence-election/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Influence Election Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/influence-election/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```