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title: "159 Votes Quotes by 146 authors"
description: "Browse 159 Votes quotes by 146 authors. Discover the best Votes sayings and thoughts."
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> [No-one ever votes Tory, do they?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-brown/no-one-ever-votes-tory-do-they/)

[Ian Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-brown/)

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> [Votes are something that you earn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brokaw/votes-are-something-that-you-earn/)

[Tom Brokaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brokaw/)

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> [Never expect the votes to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tan-cheng-bock/never-expect-the-votes-to-come/)

[Tan Cheng Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tan-cheng-bock/)

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> [“Need more votes! ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie/need-more-votes/)

[Frankie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie/)

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> [Votes should be weighed not counted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/votes-should-be-weighed-not-counted/)

[Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/)

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> [Texas has a lot of electrical votes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yogi-berra/texas-has-a-lot-of-electrical-votes/)

[Yogi Berra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yogi-berra/)

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> [I miss you like Hillary misses votes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-miss-you-like-hillary-misses-votes/)

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

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> [Disunity costs votes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-major/disunity-costs-votes/)

[John Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-major/)

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> [These were the ones with the most votes so now which is the best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/these-were-the-ones-with-the-most-votes-so-now-which-is-the-best/)

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

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> [I've never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-purdy/i-ve-never-wanted-sympathy-votes-in-anything-i-do-in-my-life/)

[Amy Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-purdy/)

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> [Every Arab nation votes against us at least two thirds of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weyrich/every-arab-nation-votes-against-us-at-least-two-thirds-of-the-time/)

[Paul Weyrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weyrich/)

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> [I court not the votes of the fickle mob.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/i-court-not-the-votes-of-the-fickle-mob/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

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> [There is no question we are having a difficult time rounding up the votes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-nussle/there-is-no-question-we-are-having-a-difficult-time-rounding-up-the/)

[Jim Nussle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-nussle/)

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> [“It's not who votes that counts. It's who counts the votes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iosif-vissarionovich-stalin/it-s-not-who-votes-that-counts-it-s-who-counts-the-votes/)

[Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iosif-vissarionovich-stalin/)

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> [Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/democracy-is-too-important-to-leave-up-to-the-votes-of-the-people/)

[Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/)

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> [Most often the electorate votes for change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sirota/most-often-the-electorate-votes-for-change/)

[David Sirota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sirota/)

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> [The NRA grades senators and representatives based on their votes on gun issues - and even on issues that have little-to-nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-mccaskill/the-nra-grades-senators-and-representatives-based-on-their-votes-on/)

[Claire McCaskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-mccaskill/)

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> [I am the President of the United States of America, clothed in immense power! You will procure me these votes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-the-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-clothed-in-immense/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [The concept of throwing away votes is a lie. It only becomes true if you get enough people to believe it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rock-cowles/the-concept-of-throwing-away-votes-is-a-lie-it-only-becomes-true-if/)

[Rock Cowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rock-cowles/)

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> [It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/it-s-not-the-people-who-vote-that-count-it-s-the-people-who-count-the/)

[Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/)

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> [If you can get enough votes so that mine will make a majority, you can have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/if-you-can-get-enough-votes-so-that-mine-will-make-a-majority-you-can/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-mann/incumbents-are-safe-but-party-majorities-are-not-this-fosters/)

[Thomas E. Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-mann/)

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> [Politicians often say to me, 'Articles in the 'Observer' don't get me votes, but you get me money.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-kushner/politicians-often-say-to-me-articles-in-the-observer-don-t-get-me/)

[Jared Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-kushner/)

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> [I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziggy-marley/i-m-not-an-american-do-they-count-the-votes-in-america-i-haven-t/)

[Ziggy Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziggy-marley/)

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> [Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/of-course-no-one-wants-to-ban-the-vote-voting-should-remain-available/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/unlike-their-western-counterparts-africans-take-elections-very/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

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> [Al Gore in 2000. He got a half a million more votes than George Bush and lost. How can that be? It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-ventura/al-gore-in-2000-he-got-a-half-a-million-more-votes-than-george-bush/)

[Jesse Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-ventura/)

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> [But as we shall see, Roosevelt, through a combination of events and influences, fell deeper and deeper into the toils of various…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/but-as-we-shall-see-roosevelt-through-a-combination-of-events-and/)

[John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/)

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> [You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-matthews/you-know-there-were-29-democratic-votes-for-censure-in-the-senate-and/)

[Chris Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-matthews/)

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> [I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imelda-may/i-never-miss-a-vote-i-think-that-s-the-power-of-the-people-a-lot-of/)

[Imelda May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imelda-may/)

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> [There's going to be a lot of people that don't like you, and there's nothing you can do about it. Instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schur/there-s-going-to-be-a-lot-of-people-that-don-t-like-you-and-there-s/)

[Michael Schur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schur/)

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> [Organizations worried about the potential for e-voting problems have long-advocated for audit procedures by which votes cast by e-voting machines could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-barr/organizations-worried-about-the-potential-for-e-voting-problems-have/)

[Bob Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-barr/)

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> [I always felt the gifts you need as governor were more suited for my personality. I'm a good team player, but I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-largent/i-always-felt-the-gifts-you-need-as-governor-were-more-suited-for-my/)

[Steve Largent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-largent/)

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> [We have held forums here at the White House on workplace flexibility, and the first major bill signed into law by President…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-jarrett/we-have-held-forums-here-at-the-white-house-on-workplace-flexibility/)

[Valerie Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-jarrett/)

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> [Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddi-reader/why-should-scotland-be-stopped-from-suggesting-to-the-english-people/)

[Eddi Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddi-reader/)

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> [Every year, the United Nations General Assembly votes on a resolution entitled 'Peaceful resolution of the Palestine conflict.' Every year, the vote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-finkelstein/every-year-the-united-nations-general-assembly-votes-on-a-resolution/)

[Norman Finkelstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-finkelstein/)

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> [ As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President \[Barack\] Obama, nor my support of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/as-i-write-in-the-book-i-do-not-regret-either-of-my-votes-for/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

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> [Women now influence the majority of consumer purchases. It is women's votes that will secure victory at the next election, hence the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-pearson/women-now-influence-the-majority-of-consumer-purchases-it-is-women-s/)

[Allison Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-pearson/)

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> [“How many votes does it take to get the United States of America firmly into the legal nightmare described in Gabriel’s Stand?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-b-gaskill/how-many-votes-does-it-take-to-get-the-united-states-of-america/)

[Jay B. Gaskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-b-gaskill/)

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> [Bipartisanship has taken us to the brink of bankruptcy. We don't need bipartisanship, we need application of principle... Where was the call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mourdock/bipartisanship-has-taken-us-to-the-brink-of-bankruptcy-we-don-t-need/)

[Richard Mourdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mourdock/)

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                        "text": "Al Gore in 2000. He got a half a million more votes than George Bush and lost. How can that be? It's ridiculous. It's an elitist system. It's so they pick your President. You don't - the people - and it needs to be abolished.",
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                        "text": "But as we shall see, Roosevelt, through a combination of events and influences, fell deeper and deeper into the toils of various revolutionary operators, not because he was interested in revolution but because he was interested in votes.",
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                        "text": "I always felt the gifts you need as governor were more suited for my personality. I'm a good team player, but I'm not a policy wonk. In Congress, you need 218 votes to make anything happen. When you're governor, you're the CEO of the state. You establish the vision and standards for the state. You're the leader.",
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                        "text": "We have held forums here at the White House on workplace flexibility, and the first major bill signed into law by President Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Lilly was here a few weeks ago because we were trying very hard to push paycheck fairness through the Congress. Unfortunately, we fell two votes short.",
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                        "text": "Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not try to dominate one another. Let's be a collection, like being in the pub with a kitty. When we vote in Scotland, we vote one way, but the other country votes another way and we always end up with what they vote for.",
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                        "text": "Every year, the United Nations General Assembly votes on a resolution entitled 'Peaceful resolution of the Palestine conflict.' Every year, the vote is the same. The whole world on one side - the whole world on one side - and on the other side, the United States, Israel, and usually Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.",
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                        "text": "As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of him when he ran for the Senate before that. I get excited as I ever did when I see that black man on Air Force One. But I won't settle for symbolism, and our President's record should be open for analysis.",
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                        "text": "“How many votes does it take to get the United States of America firmly into the legal nightmare described in Gabriel’s Stand? Sixty seven plus five. That is two-thirds of the US Senate (the House need not be consulted) and a five vote majority on the Supreme Court. If we ever do something so suicidally foolish we will not have lost a war—it will just feel like it.”",
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