Elections Quotes
391 Elections quotes by 329 unique authors
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Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.
— Fatos Nano
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Elections do have consequences, and those we elect and far too often re-elect have forgotten how government works and for whom they work for, and…
— David Pratt
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When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.
— Alexei Navalny
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections…
— Candy Crowley
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Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.
— Nate Silver
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We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way…
— Lucy Powell
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Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking…
— Ron Fournier
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If we were to have a presidential election in Europe it would be an event that would spark a huge interest in people from Lisbon…
— Wolfgang Schauble
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Our pledge is to hold elections in the year 1985. The form of elections has not yet been determined, but there is a group of…
— Tomas Borge
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I have always thought, genuinely thought, that elections are like world cups. They sometimes look easier from the outside and they are very difficult when…
— John Key
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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
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Elections are rarely perfect.
— Richard Holbrooke
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What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.
— James Hansen
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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
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There is one category of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections.
— David Ogilvy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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