Elected Quotes

689 quotes by 532 authors

From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress. — Carl Albert
Anyone in England who puts himself forward to be elected to a position of political power is almost bound to be socially or emotionally insecure,… — Auberon Waugh
The urge to pass new laws must be seen as an illness, not much different from the urge to bite old women. Anyone suspected of… — Auberon Waugh
Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea; the other was elected vice president of the United States. And nothing was heard of… — Thomas R. Marshall
We hunt and fish or we'll go nuts dealing with the criminal behavior of our elected officials. — Ted Nugent
You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones — Bob Riley
It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. Itâ€™s a time when we are not safe in the streets or at… — Pearl Cleage
Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming… — Richard V. Allen
If I was to stop making music tomorrow doesn't mean suddenly there is this gap. You don't get elected. The people decide where you are.… — Jay-Z
Why is our (US) government the only one in the civilized world with a stupid, short-term energy policy? Why do our elected officials consider a… — Donella Meadows
To be robbed and betrayed by a fiendish underground conspiracy, or by the earthly agents of Satan, is at least a romantic sort of plight… — Matt Taibbi
The future is our responsibility, but change will not take place until the majority loose confidence in their dictatorâ€™s and elected officialsâ€™ ability to solve… — Jacque Fresco
As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve… — Ellen Tauscher
And I think Hillary Clinton is able to be elected president of the United States. — Joe Biden
At Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties - although given the stifling impact of these, this may well have made it… — Adrian Goldsworthy
I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that… — Dennis Eckersley
Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the… — Boris Yeltsin
Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary… — Thomas Frank
We all say things when we are trying to get elected. — Christy Clark
When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out. — Kate Clinton

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