Election Quotes

1200 Election quotes by 804 unique authors

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I… — Adlai E. Stevenson
Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President. — Barbra Streisand
The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in… — Billy Sunday
Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things like horse races,… — James Surowiecki
It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority. — David Suzuki
One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues and ideas. — Matt Taibbi
The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have tried… — Jim Talent
During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's… — Emma Thompson
I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in… — Margaret Thatcher
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. — Cal Thomas
I can remember the morning after President Nixon won re-election in 1972. His chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, called a Cabinet meeting and told the… — Helen Thomas
Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't they… — Dorothy Thompson
I think George Will is somebody that said recently that the Republicans will not lose, as a Republican, that the Republicans will not win the… — Donald Trump
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. — Bill Vaughan
It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues. — Jesse Ventura
After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in… — Jesse Ventura
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it.… — Gore Vidal
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. — Gore Vidal
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. — Gore Vidal
I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they -… — Scott Walker
So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that… — Scott Walker
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in… — Orson Welles
You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of… — Allen West
This election ain't no stinkin' TV show. — Bradley Whitford
One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on… — Bradley Whitford

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