Elective Quotes

36 quotes by 29 authors

Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you? — Herman Cain
Our attitude toward abortion . . . is fixed by our knowledge that according to an eternal plan all of the spirit children of God… — Dallin H. Oaks
The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective. — Jon Stewart
Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which… — Thomas Jefferson
Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights. — Thomas Jefferson
The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and… — Thomas Jefferson
Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual… — George Washington
In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and that's it. You might scream on… — Walter F. Mondale
If some period be not fixed, either by the Constitution or by practice, to the services of the First Magistrate, his office, though nominally elective,… — Thomas Jefferson
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter.… — Harvey Mackay
I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress. — Donna Edwards
What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes. — James L. Buckley
We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy. — Ezra Stiles
Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions of life in… — Rick Renzi
I hold it to be one of the distinguishing excellences of elective over hereditary successions that the talents which nature has provided in sufficient proportion,… — Thomas Jefferson
Healthcare for trans women is a necessity. It is not elective. It is not cosmetic. It is life saving. — Laverne Cox
Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer. It is more important than competence or vision. It can never be an elective in any… — Robert Kennedy
Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that… — James L. Buckley

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