Elected Quotes
689 quotes by 520 authors
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But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.
— Ronald Reagan
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I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of…
— Condoleezza Rice
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Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around…
— Mitt Romney
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If I am elected President of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our…
— Mitt Romney
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Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.
— Mitt Romney
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If I am elected President, the Castro regime will have no reason to doubt our unwavering commitment to your cause. The regime will feel the…
— Mitt Romney
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I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by the factional leaders…
— Kevin Rudd
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I've been around long enough to not take seriously statements like I am about to be crushed. I'm about how do we seek re-election of…
— Kevin Rudd
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In today's U.S., it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high office.
— Salman Rushdie
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Look, the president is elected to lead and to face the country's biggest challenges. The country's biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is…
— Paul Ryan
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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
— Carl Sandburg
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.
— Iain Duncan Smith
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
— L. Neil Smith
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If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who were yesterday's terrorists…
— John Shelby Spong
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Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would…
— John Sununu
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The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we…
— John Sununu
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The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at…
— David Suzuki
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If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which…
— Strom Thurmond
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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity.…
— Lily Tomlin
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