Delegates Quotes
39 quotes by 35 authors
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The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism. From a barbaric Bronze Age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human…
— Gore Vidal
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Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.
— Ron Fournier
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In the Democratic primary in 2008, the Obama team devised a strategy to use the caucuses and a complicated system of awarding delegates in the…
— John Podhoretz
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Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust…
— Mitt Romney
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Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the…
— Paul Ryan
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Speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man. As opposed to a motorcyclist, the runner is always present in his…
— Milan Kundera
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In 1954, Pope Pius XI, of all people, sent some Vatican delegates on a trip to Libya with these written instructions: "Do NOT think that…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and…
— Gore Vidal
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They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if anyone…
— Nikita Khrushchev
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I could not find any way that we could really run the kind of campaign I wanted to run if we were targeting delegates and…
— Patricia Schroeder
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Running those poor steers back and forth in the heat is ridiculous. What they ought to do is put the steers in the convention hall…
— Stanley Marcus
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Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and…
— Jack Schwartz
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Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after ballot…
— Michael Beschloss
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I think sometimes Richmond, especially the House of Delegates, thinks too small... Richmond is not doing what needs to be done, forward thinking, big bold…
— Terry McAuliffe
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Now, national conventions are largely an excuse for companies and party leaders to throw parties for delegates to attend, to network and have a good…
— Bob Barr
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Ill be playing basketball with the President dunking on his delegates.
— Travis McCoy
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