Incumbents Quotes
14 quotes by 11 authors
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There is no way to create wealth without ideas. Most new ideas are created by newcomers. So anyone who thinks the world is safe for…
— Gary Hamel
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The case may very well be that Congress is willing to restrict campaign contributions because it has these privileges. It is true that incumbents normally…
— Gordon Tullock
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Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured.
— Thomas E. Mann
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Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for…
— Thomas E. Mann
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In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their…
— George Will
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As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think…
— Gavyn Davies
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Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the…
— Elena Kagan
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Ten of those Republican incumbents, all of whom voted for the impeachment of President Clinton, are from states that Bill Clinton carried.
— Robert Torricelli
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Since the emergence of the Republican Party, only two Democratic presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, have been followed by Democrats, and both FDR and…
— George Will
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History has shown that incumbents tend to fight trends that challenge established ways and, in the process, lose focus on what matters most: customers.
— Jason Kilar
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Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.
— Thomas E. Mann
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We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show…
— John Mahoney
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Congress is unpopular. Incumbents are unpopular.
— Joshua Micah Marshall
Who Wrote These Incumbents Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 14 Incumbents Quotes as follows: