Elected Quotes

689 quotes by 520 authors

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. — Harry S. Truman
Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends. — George Will
If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing. — Woodrow Wilson
Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes. — James Wolcott
I was much more comfortable and a much better congressman running in a district that was 37 percent black, where I had to have a… — Andrew Young
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders. — Abdul Kalam
The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics. — Abdul Kalam
At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build… — Dag Hammarskjold
The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected. — Kurt Vonnegut
ELECTED Silence, sing to me And beat upon my whorlÃ¨d ear, Pipe me to pastures still and be The music that I care to hear. — Gerard Manley Hopkins
Not only would I never want to belong to any club that would have me for a member--if elected I would wear street shoes onto… — Michael Chabon
I was keenly conscious of the comrades-in-arms who had fallen with me. A bond surpassing by a hundredfold that which I had known in life… — Steven Pressfield
In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues. . . No one is going to… — Sarah Vowell
We talk of choosing our friends, but our friends are self-elected. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Presidents are selected, not elected. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. — Will Rogers
Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically… — Noam Chomsky
I am an ambassador," Akretenesh warned me, anger bringing his confidence back. "You cannot shoot." "I don't mean to," I reassured him, still smiling. I… — Megan Whalen Turner
[He] understood the people in a new way...The people is not everyone who speaks our language, nor yet the elect marked by the fiery stamp… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Electing a black man named Barack Obama President in the same country that elected George W. Bush - twice! - is as far-fetched as a… — Jay-Z

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