Electoral Quotes

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Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're doing… — Gael Garcia Bernal
General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish… — Benazir Bhutto
Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to… — Michael Bloomberg
We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now… — Barbara Boxer
When I was with the Labor Party, I'd get into trouble because the party bosses determined that some of what I wrote, or proposed to… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
When George Bush asked me to sign on, it obviously wasn't because he was worried about carrying Wyoming. We got 70 percent of the vote… — Dick Cheney
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end… — Nick Clegg
...for two centuries supporters of the Electoral College have built their arguments on a series of faulty premises. The Electoral College is a gross violation… — George C. Edwards III
Every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the votes of partisan insiders in the Electoral College. The Electoral College was necessary when communications… — Gene Green
Here I am in the state of New Mexico. George Bush is still in the state of denial. New Mexico has five electoral votes. The… — John F. Kerry
Brothers and sisters, our democracy has been hijacked. Brothers and sisters, all electoral freedoms in this country are over so long as it's controlled by… — Zack de la Rocha
All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. — Peter Camejo
Many, many of you have written to me asking the following question: 'Dave, have their been any new advancements in the field of artificial falcon… — Dave Barry
Imperial politics represents the conquest of domestic politics and the latter's conversion into a crucial element of inverted totalitarianism. It makes no sense to ask… — Chalmers Johnson
It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided. — Dominique de Villepin
The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that… — Roy Jenkins
Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic and electoral pressures,… — Margaret Thatcher
We like democracy because why? The pathologies of the U.S. version are so obvious in the aftermath of the latest averted crisis that we need… — Noah Feldman

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