Election Quotes
1200 Election quotes by 804 unique authors
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Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that…
— Aaron Sorkin
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The pretense in disputed elections is that the great conflict is between the two major parties. The reality is that there is a much bigger…
— Howard Zinn
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In the next election, I'm voting for your mom to be the next God.
— David Levithan
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THERE'S NO MONKEY BUSINESS ABOUT THIS ELECTION,' he told the voters. 'IF YOU'RE ENOUGH OF AN ASSHOLE TO VOTE FOR NIXON, YOUR DUMB VOTE WILL…
— John Irving
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You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.
— Robert Harris
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The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If…
— Patrick Henry
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The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by…
— Naomi Klein
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Abraham Maslow said that the fully realized person transcends his local group and identifies with the species. But the election of Ronald Reagan might've been…
— George Carlin
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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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When we support or vote for candidates outside the two major political parties we are immediately lectured about wasting our vote or making it easier…
— Glenn Beck
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October is the cruelest month of any election year, but by then, the pain is so great that even the strong are like jelly and…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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I have an idea about voting, how about on every ballot we include "None of the above". People may laugh at that, but what that…
— Jesse Ventura
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I felt free and chained at the same time - like one feels just before election, when all the crooks have been nominated and you…
— Henry Miller
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Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting himself as a…
— Noam Chomsky
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I haven't left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are…
— Bette Midler
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Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms from opposition parties…
— Amartya Sen
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It's a shame for women's history to be all about men--first boys, then other boys, then men men men. It reminds me of the way…
— Elizabeth Kostova
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When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
— Euripides
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
— Aristophanes
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Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best
— Otto von Bismarck
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In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.
— Matt Taibbi
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Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after a major success on the battlefield-and we haven't…
— Rick Riordan
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Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.
— Jay-Z
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To straddle the middle ground and win elections, we have to be in charge of the political agenda. This can only be done by not…
— Lee Kuan Yew
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God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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