Elections Quotes

391 Elections quotes by 329 unique authors

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study. — Jesse Helms
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our… — Jim Hightower
I know that elections must be limited only to those who understand that the Arabs are the deadly enemy of the Jewish state, who would… — Meir Kahane
Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work. — Caroline Kennedy
I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes.… — Caroline Kennedy
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds… — Barbara Kingsolver
The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue. — Rush Limbaugh
The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base, they may be willing to lose… — Rush Limbaugh
Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a… — Eric Liu
Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections. — Mario Vargas Llosa
If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have… — Nelson Mandela
Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. — Imelda Marcos
Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. — George McGovern
In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now President Bush occupies… — Cynthia McKinney
Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so… — Jon Meacham
The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote… — Ralph Nader
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were determined according to… — Nathan Myhrvold
In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani. — Conan O'Brien
Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? — Robert Orben
The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized.… — Shimon Peres
As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be… — Ron Paul
I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win… — Nancy Pelosi
Obama lost his ability to push his agenda through Congress when he received what he himself called a 'shellacking' in the November 2010 elections. That… — John Podhoretz
Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general… — Lucy Powell
In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government. — Lucy Powell

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