Election Quotes
1200 quotes by 824 authors
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The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You…
— Chinua Achebe
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Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.
— Michelle Bachelet
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If we want to kill Obamacare and we want to end socialized medicine, it must be done in the next election!
— Michele Bachmann
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force…
— Lord Acton
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It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately after his inauguration.
— Russell Baker
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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
— Franklin P. Adams
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The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang…
— Roseanne Barr
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The American people are sick and tired of this 'lesser evil' garbage they get fed every election year. Both the Democrats and the Republicans do…
— Roseanne Barr
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I will barnstorm American living rooms. Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs…
— Roseanne Barr
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
— John Quincy Adams
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
— John Quincy Adams
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During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for…
— Bob Beauprez
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy…
— Gael Garcia Bernal
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The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.
— Aneurin Bevan
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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
— Benazir Bhutto
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
— Benazir Bhutto
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Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county…
— Jello Biafra
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Hardly anybody in America pays attention to local elections.
— Jello Biafra
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I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this…
— Jello Biafra
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