Election Quotes
1200 Election quotes by 804 unique authors
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We have seen voters denied their rights in recent elections as they have been incorrectly purged from lists, their absentee votes not counted, and voting…
— Marcy Kaptur
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I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was…
— Patrick McHenry
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The election of Hoover...should result in continued prosperity for 1929.
— Roger Babson
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What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to…
— David Remnick
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I think now we have a very unique opportunity, thanks to the election result, thanks to such a big vote for the Greens, to say…
— Tim Costello
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Nothing can be more evident, than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the National Government, in the hands of the State Legislatures, would…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Would they not fear that citizens not less tenacious than conscious of their rights would flock from the remotest extremes of their respective states to…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of frequency may be…
— James Madison
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Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices…
— Alexander Hamilton
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What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers…
— James Madison
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I believe that if the people of this nation fully understood what Congress has done to them over the last 49 years, they would move…
— Unknown Author
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Of course, the latter made no secret of his attitude toward the Jewish people, and when necessary he even took the whip to drive from…
— Adolf Hitler
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The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone…
— David Mamet
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It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or six times a…
— J. William Fulbright
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Salvation is accomplished by the almighty power of the Triune God. The Father chose a people, the Son died for them, the Holy Spirit makes…
— Loraine Boettner
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Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by firing squad, including…
— Unknown Author
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So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos of secularism broadly…
— Ramachandra Guha
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If I would do another 'Terminator' movie I would have Terminator travel back in time and tell Arnold not to have a special election.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness…
— Kevin Costner
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Forgot to live-tweet the election last night, so I'm post-tweeting today. I'll start as soon as my fingers unclench from their rage fists.
— Stephen Colbert
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I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.
— Rob Corddry
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For too long we've been told about 'us' and 'them.' Each and every election we see a new slate of arguments and ads telling us…
— William J. Clinton
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No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises that won't come true because they don't even mean…
— William J. Clinton
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