Elections Quotes

391 Elections quotes by 329 unique authors

History shows one important fact: the results of competitive special elections from Hawaii to New York are poor indicators of broader trends or future general… — Pete Sessions
Elections are rarely perfect. — Richard Holbrooke
What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash. — James Hansen
Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate discourages… — Bradley A. Smith
There is one category of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections. — David Ogilvy
The elective system offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression that they had nibbled at dozens of canapes of knowledge… — Ted Morgan
Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a… — Arthur Capper
Pops added,you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve. And if you do, you never get the results you… — Charlescliq
It's not all about building police forces and more prisons. This is in a sense an abdication of what the rule of law is and… — George Stamatis
The concept of throwing away votes is a lie. It only becomes true if you get enough people to believe it and be afraid they… — Rock Cowles
As a Republic governed through the utilization of a democratic process, elections are necessary in order to give every United States citizen a voice in… — Byron Goines
Don't tell me you'll still be in power by then without free elections! Replyting to Nikita Khrushchev's invitation to attend his 90th birthday celebrations at… — Richard M. Nixon
When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including… — Laura Bush
There are elections in which everyone knows that 'the people have spoken' but they don't always know exactly what the people have said. This November's… — Kay Bailey Hutchison
The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win elections in this… — Howard Dean
I find it odd that there's such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can… — Joan Blades
I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that… — Garry Kasparov
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
Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him. — Joshua Micah Marshall
I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials. — Dick Murphy
All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but it… — John Murray
Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections,… — Eduard Shevardnadze
There's no question that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta completely about elections that were supposed to be held immediately in Poland, and Eastern… — Mark Shields
"Hi. You know with everything going down in West Palm Beach, and the holidays right around the corner I couldn't think of a better time… — Bill Maher
Each candidate behaved well in the hope of being judged worthy of election. However, this system was disastrous when the city had become corrupt. For… — Niccolo Machiavelli

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