Elected Quotes

689 quotes by 532 authors

Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today. — Lindsey Graham
If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition. — Mo Udall
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member… — L. Neil Smith
All it takes to get elected in twenty-first-century America is a mob of frightened sheep and a wolf with a nice smile, — Greg Bear
What I'd do is not have USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy working with U.S. taxpayers' money to knock off an elected government in… — Dennis Kucinich
I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state… — Anthony A. Williams
The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is… — John Culberson
Most elected officials cling to their ideological biases, despite the real-world facts that disprove their theories time and again. Most have no common sense, and… — Lawrence Kudlow
The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is… — James P. Hogan
You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis. — Thomas Sowell
As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15… — Mario Monti
Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he… — Robert Caro
Nowhere else in the world do the laws on firearms become the playthings of politicians and lobbyists intent on manufacturing cultural conflict. Nowhere else do… — E. J. Dionne
We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected — Roy Jenkins
If I am not elected, I imagine that I will ask Harvard to let me back. — Michael Ignatieff
The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy. — Lamar S. Smith
Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain the potential to… — Margaret Thatcher
What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something? — Grover Cleveland
The reason that minorities and women dont have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign… — Carol Moseley Braun
I am not a party candidate, and if elected cannot be President of a party, but the President of the whole people. — Zachary Taylor

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