I'm an elected politician. If you don't agree with me, vote for somebody else. — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
Government is best which is closest to the people. Yet that belief is betrayed by those State and local officials who engage… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Voting rights expert and legal scholar Pam Karlan reports that as of 2004, there were more black men disenfranchised than in 1870,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
I'm one that believes that Samuel Alito appointment on the Supreme Court is a pivotal appointment. And because he replace Sandra Day… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Now that this legislation has passed the House, I look forward to the vote in the Senate that will bring us to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as… — Mark Hertsgaard Copy Share Image
It does not matter if you vote for the left or right, you are not an elephant or donkey. You are a… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
I soon realised the state rulers were being protected by the federal government who relied on these rotten boroughs to deliver their… — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
The highfalutin aims of democracy, whether real or imaginary, are always assumed to be identical with its achievements. This, of course, is… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If you say three things in a row that make sense, people will vote for you. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
I think it's about time! Who cares whether he is looking for votes or not! At least your country is moving forward… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I say that now we see a lot of hateful rhetoric against Mexicans and the Latino community, but we have a very… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
The lawyers have escaped most criticism [and undeservedly so]. The tax shelters [were approved by lawyers, who got paid huge commissions to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year,… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I don't think clients you represented as an associate are relevant ... I think how you vote is relevant. — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Practices such as arranged marriages and restrictions on girls attending school have deep roots, and changing them is a gradual process. Sometimes… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
The (Supreme Court) ruling that anyone who's arrested -- even accidentally -- can be strip-searched was decided five to four, with the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
When you learn to make everybody happy, you will possess the golden secret of how to milk the contented voters. But do… — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
The ironic thing is I took Kole from a family name - we had a vote and they had a few names,… — Warren Kole Copy Share Image
So long as State constitutions say that all may vote when twenty-one, save idiots, lunatics, convicts and women, you are brought down… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
What if lawmakers never spoke to their constituents? Oddly enough, that's exactly how corporate America operates. Shareholders vote for directors, but the… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you… — Dick Schaap Copy Share Image
In the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it ... But people… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
For those who simply voted because Donald Trump was the Republican and you should vote for the Republican: it's baffling to me,… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts… — Nas Copy Share Image
This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. Liberals want justices to vote a certain way. We, conservatives, want a particular legal… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The proper way to make policy changes is for you to convince your fellow citizens that there is a better policy outcome… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We know from past history that when young people vote for one party a couple of times, they tend to vote for… — David Gergen Copy Share Image
Every vote for a governing office is an instrument for enslaving me. — M. E. Lazarus Copy Share Image
People read the papers not in the hopes of learning something new, but in the expectation of being told what they already… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration has both their hands in your pocket. They're trying to take every hard dollar you make to give… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image